A cloisonné enamel vase, hu 17th century The elegant pear-shaped body supported on a splayed foot and rising to a waisted neck with flared rim, the shoulders set with a pair of taotie-mask handles suspending loose gilt-bronze rings, the exterior brightly enamelled on a turquoise ground with sections enclosing large lotus blooms wreathed in scrolling foliage issuing curling leaves, the four main horizontal bands divided by three thinner bands of floral scrolls on a darker blue ground, the spreading foot similarly decorated with a band of lotus blooms. 31cm (12 5/8in) high. Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯番蓮紋鋪首耳壺 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.52 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號52 Compare with a cloisonné enamel 'lotus' vase of similar design and form, 17th century, but without taotie-mask handles, illustrated in Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, London, 1989, pl.183; another related example is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Enamels II, Beijing, 2010, p.52. A similar cloisonné enamel 'lotus' vase, 17th century, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong on 7 April 2015, lot 3727. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com