Small Chinese Gilt Ground Cloisonné Bowl, C20th
£35.00
LOT NUMBER 3
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Small Chinese Gilt Ground Cloisonné Bowl, C20th
A small bowl with a short foot and an everted rim, the gilt ground decorated in raised cloisonne enamel with prunus flowers, the base and interior finished in mottled turquoise enamel. The cloisonné technique, where glass derived enamels are inlaid between gilt metal outline designs, the so called 'cloisons' or 'partitions', was developed in China from as early as the fourteenth century and employed continuously thereafter, even until the present day. In the early twentieth century pieces were produced with a gilt ground onto which were applied raised cloisonne enamel designs, as here. The quality of the work is excellent and self evident but note in particular the shading effects in the enamels which are seen in images (3) and (4). Prunus is the emblem of Winter and the symbol of life because its blossom appears in springtime on an apparently lifeless tree. This small bowl or cup was probably intended for drinking tea or wine which explains the shape of the rim. Dating is most likely to the first half of the C20th.| Size: | Diam 7.8 cm; Ht 3.3 cm ; base 2.5 cm |
| Weight: | 80 gm |
| Date: | 1930s |
| Condition: | Very good condition |
| Price: | £35 |
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