Lot #57
A Cloisonne Enamel Bronze Censar
16th Century
The compressed globular body finely decorated with a lotus meander frieze, the full blooms shown in profile, each of the numerous petals picked out in an array of different coloured enamels including red, blue, green, yellow and white, with the outermost petals on each bloom depicted as gently folded and picked out in two complementary tones, the arched stems frame each of the flower heads and issue smaller leaves and buds which divide the larger blooms, all reserved on a turquoise blue ground, the base encircled by an elaborate multi-coloured lotus-lappet band. JingTai Mark on Base.
Age discolored, scratches, tarnished.
Height: 5.5 cm
Diameter: 10 cm