Vase with lotus scrolls
Judging from the pattern style and translucent enamels, especially the dark purple, the central part of this vase was a jar from the second half of the fifteenth century. But the enamel over its trumpet-shaped neck and foot ring has a dull and grayish tone, likely from the late sixteenth century. It is not unusual to see such combination of parts from different periods when cloisonné came to be favored in the antique market. These “fusion” works, like this vase, were often embellished with an apocryphal mark of Jingtai (1450–57), a legendary golden period of Chinese cloisonné.
Artwork Details
- 明中晚期 掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋尊
- Title: Vase with lotus scrolls
- Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
- Date: 15th–16th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Cloisonné enamel, gilt bronze mounts
- Dimensions: H. 13 3/8 in. (34 cm); W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm); Diam. of rim 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm)
- Classification: Cloisonné
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.917
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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