A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SPITTOON AND COVER, ZHADOU Wanli (2)A CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND GILT-BRONZE SPITTOON AND COVER, ZHADOUWanliThe domed cover finely decorated with colourful designs of a five-clawed dragon and a phoenix contending the flaming pearl amidst clouds, surmounted by a lotus bud-shaped finial, the everted lip with two further dragons and two phoenixes, the sides and interior of the bowl with scrolling lotus designs, all brightly enamelled in yellow, blue, red and green shades on a vibrant turquoise ground, the rim and base gilt. 18.2cm (7 1/8in) diam. (2).明萬曆 銅胎掐絲琺瑯纏枝蓮龍鳳紋渣斗Compare with a related cloisonné enamel dish, 16th century, also decorated with a dragon and a phoenix chasing a flaming pearl, illustrated by H.Brinker and A.Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonné: Die Sammlung Pierre Uldry, Zurich, 1984. pl.121; and see also another cloisonné enamel dish, first half of the 17th century, in the Phoenix Art Museum, illustrated by B.Quette, Cloisonné: Chinese Enamels from the Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties, New York, 2011, pl.54.See also a nearly-identical cloisonné enamel zhadou, Wanli, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 December 2021, lot 25.public_sentiment_keywords: Bronze ** bronzeis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930653.jpgsold_price_type: £