Description The body supported on a tall, tapered foot and with a slightly flared rim. The sides of the main section decorated with a pair of cranes surrounded by peonies and magnolia alternating with a pair of peacocks underneath flowering branches. Each side of the foot is decorated with a sea horse (haima) above waves amongst clouds. Two large gilt lion-head ring handles adorn the upper part of the body.
Dimensions Height 35.5 cm
Literature Compare an almost identical vase, ill. in: H. Garner, Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels, London 1962, plate 53 and a similar vase with dragon motif, illustrated in: H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné – The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, New York 1989, no. 157
Notes VAT: Regular scheme