A rare cloisonné-enamel 'pomegranate' vase


Late Ming DynastyShaped as a ripe pomegranate with a spiky rim to the spreading neck that rises from a globular body, the turquoise ground with richly-hued enamels forming a classic lotus flower and leafy scroll design.8cm (3 1/8in) high.
|明晚期 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮紋石榴式水丞Compare with a related cloisonné-enamel pomegranate-shaped vessel dated to the early Qing period in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo jinyin boli falangqi quanji: falangqi vol.1, Beijing, 2002. fig.141.