Small cloisonné enamel bowl on copper, China, 17th century
Small cloisonné enamel bowl on copper, China, 17th century
It is decorated on the interior with polychrome enamels featuring alternating white and turquoise-blue bands; the neck is adorned with a band of red, green, and yellow lingzhi mushrooms, followed by a large area of scale-shaped cloisonné on a white background, followed by a blue series of palmettes, another frieze of lingzhi mushrooms on a white background, and finally, in the center of the bowl, a medallion depicting a carp emerging from foaming waves. The exterior is decorated with the “Three Friends of Winter”: pine, flowering plum, and bamboo. The underside is glazed dark green.
Height: 6 cm; weight: 176 g
Chips and missing pieces.
Small cloisonné enamel bowl on copper, China, 17th century
It is decorated on the interior with polychrome enamels featuring alternating white and turquoise-blue bands; the neck is adorned with a band of red, green, and yellow lingzhi mushrooms, followed by a large area of scale-shaped cloisonné on a white background, followed by a blue series of palmettes, another frieze of lingzhi mushrooms on a white background, and finally, in the center of the bowl, a medallion depicting a carp emerging from foaming waves. The exterior is decorated with the “Three Friends of Winter”: pine, flowering plum, and bamboo. The underside is glazed dark green.
Height: 6 cm; weight: 176 g
Chips and missing pieces.
