Tripod candle holder in bronze and cloisonné enamel
CHINA - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Estimate : 4 000 - 6 000 €
Sold 5 000 €
Tripod bronze and cloisonné enamel candle-peg resting on three small convex feet. The interior is adorned with a polychrome cloisonné decoration of two Buddhist lions playing with ribboned balls among foliage on a blue background. The wing is adorned with foliage and blossoming lotus flowers. Unglazed reverse.
Parallels and comparisons : Two cloisonné bowls with similar decoration illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz’s “Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection” ( New York: Asia Society, 1989, plates 88 and 89).
Height: 3.8 cm
Diameter: 15.5 cm
Weight: 387 g
Provenance: French private collection (Paris)
Wear from use, chips, candle stick missing.
Tripod candle holder in bronze and cloisonné enamel - CHINA - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
Tripod candle holder in bronze and cloisonné enamel - CHINA - Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)
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