A cloisonné enamel 'lotus' hu-form vase, Late Ming dynasty | 明末 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鋪首耳壺

A cloisonné enamel 'lotus' hu-form vase

Late Ming dynasty

明末 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋鋪首耳壺

the pear-shaped body resting on a tall spreading pedestal foot and tapering to a waisted neck and flared mouth, the shoulders applied with a pair of bronze mythical beast-mask-form handles suspending loose rings cast with waves, the vessel vibrantly enameled with four bands of meandering lotus scroll divided by narrow registers of leafy stems terminating in blossoms in turquoise, blue, green, yellow, red, and white 

Height 13 ¼ in., 34.3 cm