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Cloisonné vase (zun), Ming dynasty, early Fifteenth Century.

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Three gilt bronze bear supports, Han period, 206 BCE– 220 CE. 

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NEW YORK CITY — The PaceWildenstein gallery will host an exhibition of Chinese sculpture and works of art March 17–29. Important pieces in jade, cloisonne enamel and stone, dating from the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) to the Eighteenth Century, will be brought by Eskenazi Oriental Art, London, for its 12th annual exhibition in New York.

One of the greatest rarities in the exhibitions is a Ming dynasty gilt-bronze and cloisonne vase dating from the early Fifteenth Century. Probably once in the imperial collections in the Forbidden City, the vase, in the form of an archaic zun, is richly enameled in vibrant blues, reds, yellows and greens on a brilliant turquoise ground with plants in bloom, buds, leaves, flower heads and scrolling foliage branches.

Another remarkable piece that may also have come from the imperial collections is a white and russet jade rhyton or pouring-vessel from the Qing dynasty, Yongzheng-Qianlong period, early-mid Eighteenth Century. This vessel is a work of art carved in jade, the most revered and expensive of all Chinese materials.

Eskenazi’s exhibition includes some pieces of small size with exquisite workmanship such as a Sixth–Seventh Century small bronze and gilt-cooper mirror with exceptionally rare green glass inlays; a Tang period partly gilt silver box and cover; an Eighteenth Century jade brush washer with its original stand made in zitan, the most desirable of Chinese hardwoods; and Buddhist sculpture, of a more domestic style, in bronze, stone and wood.

PaceWildenstein, is at 32 East 57th Street, 7th floor. For information, 212-421-3688, www.eskenazi.co.uk, or www.pacewildenstein.com.