Large Cloisonne Hu Vase

Description:

Large Cloisonne HuVase, China, Ming dynasty, globular form with wide flared neck, resting on a splayed foot, two lion masks with loose rings to midsection, decorated with stylized lotus flowerheads and foliate scrolls on a light blue ground divided in four sections by bands of floral motifs, hollowed base, ht. 22 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.

Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Alfred Owre (1870-1935).

Note: See Alfred Owre, Illustrated catalog of noteworthy collection ... belonging to Dr. Alfred Owre of Minneapolis, to be sold at unrestricted public sale, American Art Association, New York, 1917; Joseph Breck and Henry Wehle, Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, (Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1917),p. 16.
Estimate $2,000-3,000

severe cracks to enamel, traces of multiple repairs, loss of luster, metal rust to metal rims and borders.


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