A CHINESE CLOISONNE ENAMEL BEAKER VASE, GUMING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURYOf archaic form, decorated around the trumpet neck with four tall lappets enclosing stylised lotus, chrysanthemum, white mallow and camellia sprays on lapis-blue grounds below suspended clusters of grapes, the bulbous mid-section and flaring foot with further alternating panels of grapes and flowers separated by gilt flanges, all on turquoise ground24cm highProvenance: Possibly purchased at the R.W.M Walker Collection, Christies, London, July 1945, lot 150, £5-0-0, as recorded in the RHRP Enamels ledger no. E32The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. E 32 明十六世紀 掐絲琺瑯花卉紋觚拍品來源：英國帕瑪家族顯赫私人收藏，家族收藏編號E32，1945年7月以5英鎊購自倫敦佳士得，拍品編號150號

extensive wear to the gilding restoration to the enamel under the rimthe base off and with metal soldered repair