106 - † A large Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze 'dragon' vase, hu, Ming dynasty, 17th century 明十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯雲龍紋銅胎鎏金雙獸活環耳壺 The large and imposing vase of bulbous body rising from a splayed foot and curved neck and splayed mouth rim, decorated to each side with pairs of confronting four-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi clouds above shoushan fuhai, the mountains of longevity and sea of bliss, enclosed between bands of scattered prunus blossoms, the neck further decorated with a large band of stylised lotus flower scrolls and above a band of of grapevine, the foot further adorned with a band tianma mythical horses, the shoulders with a pair of gilt-copper lion-mask and loose ring handles to each side Size:(52.5cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: A & J Speelman Oriental Art, London 來源： 倫敦 A. & J. Speelman 東方藝術 Notes: For vases of similar shape and decoration, please compare a similar vase from the collection of David B. Peck III, sold at Christie's New York, 18th September 2014, lot 602; another from the Pierre Uldry Collection, attributed to the 16th century and with an apocryphal Jingtai mark, illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 118 同類造型及紋飾之花瓶，可參見： 戴維·佩克三世舊藏一例，售於紐約佳士得，2014年9月18日，編號602； 烏爾德里舊藏另一例，定為十六世紀並帶「景泰年製」款，載於霍爾木特·布林克爾與阿爾伯特·盧茨著，《烏爾德里珍藏中國景泰藍》，紐約，1989年，圖版118。

† A large Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze 'dragon' vase, hu, Ming dynasty, 17th century 明十七世紀 掐絲琺瑯雲龍紋銅胎鎏金雙獸活環耳壺 The large and imposing vase of bulbous body rising from a splayed foot and curved neck and splayed mouth rim, decorated to each side with pairs of confronting four-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst ruyi clouds above shoushan fuhai, the mountains of longevity and sea of bliss, enclosed between bands of scattered prunus blossoms, the neck further decorated with a large band of stylised lotus flower scrolls and above a band of of grapevine, the foot further adorned with a band tianma mythical horses, the shoulders with a pair of gilt-copper lion-mask and loose ring handles to each side Size:(52.5cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: A & J Speelman Oriental Art, London 來源： 倫敦 A. & J. Speelman 東方藝術 Notes: For vases of similar shape and decoration, please compare a similar vase from the collection of David B. Peck III, sold at Christie's New York, 18th September 2014, lot 602; another from the Pierre Uldry Collection, attributed to the 16th century and with an apocryphal Jingtai mark, illustrated in Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl. 118 同類造型及紋飾之花瓶，可參見： 戴維·佩克三世舊藏一例，售於紐約佳士得，2014年9月18日，編號602； 烏爾德里舊藏另一例，定為十六世紀並帶「景泰年製」款，載於霍爾木特·布林克爾與阿爾伯特·盧茨著，《烏爾德里珍藏中國景泰藍》，紐約，1989年，圖版118。 †: Normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.