Lot 312. A cloisonné enamel arrow vase, 15th-16th century. H. 13,7 cm. Estimate 10.000/15.000 €. Lot sold 19.000 €. Courtesy Nagel

the squat globular section decorated with lotus flower-heads on a dark blue ground above a band of brick-red leafy lappets, the tall cylindrical neck with a collar of palmette leaves below floral scrolls divided by two short tubular ears. Few small filled losses to enamel, slightly chipped.

Provenance: Former property from an old Berlin private collection.

Note: The form of the present vase is inspired by Song dynasty ceramics; see for example a ge-ware 'arrow' vase, Song dynasty (11.3cm high), from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong - cf. Béatrice Quette et al 'Cloisonné - Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasty' 2011, no. 13, p. 230 and no. 20 p. 234; H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl.17.

For several other examples of cloisonné enamel 'arrow' vases, early Ming dynasty, measuring 11.5-14.6 cm high, see Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels 1, Cloisonné in the Yuan (1271-1368) and Ming (1368-1644) Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pls.67; and B.Quette, ed., Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, pls.13 and 20.