213. IMPORTANT ET TRÈS RARE GRAND BASSIN TRIPODE EN BRONZE DORÉ ET ÉMAUX CLOISONNÉS XVIIe/XVIIIe siècle A VERY RARE LARGE GILT-BRONZE AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL BASIN 17th/18th century Superbly cast in the form of a mallet flower, with deep lobed sides rising to a wide everted rim of corresponding form and a raised bracketed rim, the interior decorated with a pair of Buddhist lions in bright yellow, green and blue enamels playing with a brocaded ball amidst precious objects, surrounded by a band of lotus flowers on the cavetto and the flat rim, the exterior similarly decorated, all reserved on a vibrant turquoise ground, with a stand supported by three gilt-bronze elephant feet. 65.7cm (25 7/8 in.) diam. (2). 十七/十八世紀 掐絲琺瑯雙獅戲球紋折沿三象首足火盆 Provenance: Collection of the Gebler family, Munich, acquired from Consul Otto Bernheimer (1877-1960), Munich, by repute Private collection, Rosenheim, bought by the present owner from this collection 來源： 慕尼黑Gebler家族珍藏，得自慕尼黑領事Otto Bernheimer（1877-1960）（傳） 羅森海姆私人收藏 現藏家得自上述來源 The vibrant and very dynamic design on this large basin presents many auspicious associations expressing physical and spiritual power and conveying wishes for a high rank. Stylistically, the Buddhist lion decoration on this basin is similar to that seen on a cloisonné enamel bowl bearing a Jiajing (1522-1567) mark, illustrated by Béatrice Quette and Francois Louis (eds.), Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, 2011, p.302, no.151. A similar design can also be found on a cloisonné enamel jar in the Palace Museum collection, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, 43. Metal-bodied Enamel Ware, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 41, no. 39, which has a Jingtai four-character mark, and is dated to middle Ming dynasty A similar basin was also sold in Christie's London, 16 December 1981, lot 27. The subject of Buddhist lions playing with beribboned balls dates back to blue and white porcelain of the early Ming dynasty, and can be found on a jar dated to the Yongle period (1403-1424), illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 2008, vol.4, no.1643.