A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU

Lot 815
23.09.2022 08:30UTC -05:00
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Lot 815 | A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU
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$ 7 000 – 10 000
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL EWER AND COVER, DUOMUHU

17TH CENTURY

The tall cylindrical body is divided into four registers decorated with pairs of confronting dragons divided by flaming pearls between raised copper bands with floral scroll. The curved upright spout issues from the jaws of a gilt mythical beast opposite the dragon-fish-form handle, all below a lobed, crown-form rim decorated on the front with a writhing dragon amidst clouds and flames. The cover is decorated with a similar dragon below a globular finial.

23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm.) high





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Nagatani, Chicago, 19 February 1969.
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