A FINE AND RARE LARGE CLOISONNÉ BASSIN

Description:

China, Wanli period
D. 42 cm, H. 8,2 cm
Depicting a scene in the palace: an emperor dressed in a yellow robe, led by a Daoist priest to his empress. At the edge a leaf border.
From a European private collection, according to the owner assembled before 2007
Compare the closely related Cloisonnéenamel bowls from the Wanli period, all decorated in a äsimilar manner with figures in garden landscapes, illustrated in Béatrice Quette (ed.), Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, nos. 47, 48 and 49. Cf. a Wanli period basin with the same blossom border at the rim sold Sotheby's. Hong Kong, 31 May 2018, lot 653 - Minor wear, small filled losses to the enamel, slightly chipped