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17th century
Deftly modelled, the bird standing proudly in profile, its head raised high and feather neatly folded back and arched, the plumage brightly rendered in turquoise, red, yellow, blue and white enamels, the lower body rendered in fanciful ruyi clouds, the legs richly gilt and with incised details, its top left open for decoration.
10 7/8in (27.5cm) high vessel only; 12 1/4in (31cm) high with stand
(affixed stand).
Footnotes
十七世紀 掐絲琺琅鳳凰擺件
Provenance:
Collection of Henry Rasmussen (1882-1985), and thence by descent
來源:
Henry Rasmussen 先生(1882-1985)收藏,後由家族繼承
The incorporation of animal forms into cloisonné-enamel vessels gained popularity during the late Ming dynasty, in keeping with the period's renewed interest in archaism and the revival of ancient bronze forms incorporating zoomorphic designs. The present vessel appears to derive from the archaic bronze form of the phoenix-shaped (天鷄尊), a vessel type that continued to be produced in various medium during the Qing dynasty, particularly pronounced during the Qianlong reign.
The present example is very unusual and there seems to have no closely related examples appeared on the market. Compare, however, a late 18th century censer with similar form, published in Jomoo Ogita and Richard Petterson, , Los Angeles, 1975, pp. 38-39, pl. 39.