Small copper and cloisonné enamel vase, China, Ming period, 17th century Globular in shape with a cylindrical neck, its body is decorated with flowers, bats, rocks, sacred jewels and Buddhist emblems in the water in polychrome enamel on a blue background. The base is adorned with a frieze of Grecians beneath a frieze of palmettes, while the neck is decorated with a frieze of swastika alternating with taijitu (symbol of yin and yang). The neck is flanked on either side by a handle in the shape of a Buddhist lion's head holding a mobile ring in its mouth. The underside is enameled in white and red with a lotus flower on a blue background. Height: 14 cm Detached handles, accidents and restoration. Provenance : Sotheby's London, May 21, 1963, lot 91.