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Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties

January 26, 2011– April 17, 2011

 

Tripod basin

Ming dynasty, Xuande period; handles and liner probably Qing dynasty, 18th century
Cloisonné enamel with gilt-metal handles
4 3/4 x 13 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. (12.1 x 34.8 x 34.9 cm)
Les Arts Décoratifs - musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Bequest of Charles Rochard, 1903, 10.975
Photographer: Jean Tholance

Bowl

Ming dynasty, 15th century
Cloisonné enamel
5 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. (14.3 x 29.2 cm)
The Metropolitan of Art Museum, New York, Gift of Edward G. Kennedy, 1929 (29.110.88)

Tripod incense burner

Ming dynasty, Chenghua period
Cloisonné enamel on cast copper alloy
2 1/4 x 2 3/8 in. (5.7 x 6 cm)
Les Arts Décoratifs - musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Gift of David David-Weill, 23.592
Photographer: Jean Tholance

Covered box

Yuan (1279-1368) or early Ming (1368-1644) dynasties
Cloisonné enamel on cast copper alloy
2 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (5.4 x 15.8 cm)
Les Arts Décoratifs - musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Gift of David David-Weill, 23.634
Photographer: Jean Tholance

Vase (meiping)

Early Ming dynasty; base, probably 18th century
Cloisonné enamel on copper alloy
7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. (20 x 12.1 cm)
Mark: a four-character Jingtai stamped mark under the base
Les Arts Décoratifs - musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, Gift of David David-Weill, 23.608
Photographer: Jean Tholance

"Champion Vase"

Qing dynasty
Cloisonné enamel on cast bronze, gilded bronze
7 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 4 in. (18.1 x 13.3 x 10.2 cm)
Phoenix Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Mr. Robert H. Clague, 1982.209 a,b
Photographer: Ken Howie

Vase

Qing dynasty, Yongzheng mark and period
Cloisonné enamel on copper alloy, wooden cover
113/8 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (28.9 x 15.9 x 15.9 cm)
Mark: a champlevé four-character Yongzheng mark under the base
George Walter Vincent Smith Collection, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum,
Springfield, Mass., 63.23.104
Photographer: David Stansbury

Ceremonial wine vessel in shape of bird holding a vase, on wheels

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Cloisonné enamel on copper alloy
21 5/8 x 9 1/16 x 14 3/8 in. (55 x 23 x 36.5 cm)
Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Avery, Jr., 09.513a,b

Vase in a double gourd shape

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Cloisonné enamel on copper
H. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Inscription: da ji (good fortune)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Edward G. Kennedy, 1929 (29.110.92)

Fish basin

Qing dynasty, Qianlong period
Cloisonné enamel, copper, bronze
10 3/8 x 24 1/2 in. (26.4 x 62.2 cm)
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection, B60 M10+

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