A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DRUM-SHAPED BASE

A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL DRUM-SHAPED BASE
MING DYNASTY AND LATER

The shallow domed top decorated with eight red bats encircling eight wan characters amidst cloud scrolls on a turquoise ground, all around a central collar. The plain drum-shaped base with two bands decorated with flowers, 1.26kg, 21cm wide, 6.8cm high.

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

The use of red bats, hong fu and wan characters, together with clouds indicate the wish for ten thousand blessings and good fortune as vast as the sky.

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來源：Adolphe Stoclet (斯托克萊1871-1949）收藏。