A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘DOUBLE CHILONG’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL ‘DOUBLE CHILONG’ CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MID-MING DYNASTY

The slightly convex top of the cover brightly enamelled with a pair of writhing chilong, one yellow with black dots, the other purple and black, set on a turquoise ground decorated in red, white, purple, yellow and black with flaming clouds, pearls, double-gourds, crossed horns and other auspicious motifs. The sides with small flower heads and leaves, the base undecorated, 468g, 12.2cm wide, 4.8cm high. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.

Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, pp.434-435.

Cf. B Quette, Cloisonné, Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, p.34 for two earlier double dragon boxes and covers, one in cloisonné enamel dated to the Yuan or early Ming dynasty from Les Arts Décoratifs, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, 23.634. cat.9, the other in carved lacquer dated to the Southern Song dynasty from the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, B77M12. See also Bonhams, London, 8th November 2012, lot 233 for a related cloisonné enamel double chilong box and cover.

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來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。

出版：Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956年, 頁 434-435。