17th century The flattened globular body rising from a short ovoid foot, the slender neck flanked by a pair of lobbed gilt-bronze handles, the body brightly enamelled with meandering lotus blossoms enclosing a stylised flowerhead in the centre, all on a turquoise ground, the bronze foot and rim gilt. 14cm (5 1/2in) high. 注脚 十七世紀 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝菊紋小抱月瓶 Compare with a very similar, but smaller (10.6cm), cloisonné enamel moonflask, dated as second half 17th century, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, New York, 1989, pl.204. See also a closely related cloisonné enamel 'dragon and lotus' moonflasks, mid to late 16th century, with a simialr pair of lobbed gilt-bronze handles, illustrated by C. Brwon, Chinese cloisonné: the Clague Collection, Phoenix, 1980, pl.12. 參看瑞士Pierre Uldry收藏一件掐絲琺瑯纏枝菊紋抱月瓶，尺寸稍小（10.6CM），時代定為十七世紀上半葉，見H.Brinker及A.Lutz，《Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection》，紐約，1989年，圖版204。參看美國鳳凰城博物館Clague藏一件十六世紀中晚期掐絲琺瑯抱月瓶，其銅鎏金耳與本拍品相似，見C. Brwon著《Chinese cloisonné: the Clague Collection》，鳳凰城，1980年，圖版12。