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A SUPERB LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND ᪺̗㡳 㤎⩈Ռܒ⎠₝Ⰹ♄㢴⡪ሊᕖ⁅ Վಧ╌ᕋᢎ
WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK ᫉≡଍௛┣ഌ卿⏜ऑ卿㯝⫒ݦᙿ㱈ཌ♑ぞ䂆⪆卿Ꮣ஋⭬ԋᇵ
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ߃㬷⥾ᘞངஎᡪⱤ卿Ԇսݯἃᇵ卿ᙻ⭬㛑∪㱈ݨ≓⸥≓ᆨ㧷
AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) ݏ卿ӻߎߣಃ㱈ᯧ㖥ǮᯧにǮ༾ۃǮⵖ⸌Ǯ⸥ⱤǮ༾≡Ǯ㞖
The vase has a circular body of flattened form with gently domed 㷚Ǯࣿ⏎㧩⡠ǯ⭬㛑ڬ㬷Ӭ㙣⦞៨⊹⸥⡠㚒卿㯝ࣿ㘆㑷ߺ⣧
sides rising from a short spreading foot to a tall cylindrical neck ս㬦ⱐ࣍Ⳟǯᄓ㛑༵Ǹഌ᳖Գ㪏ჺㅳǹݪໃ❨ᝧ᪪ǯ
flanked by a pair of stylised dragon scroll handles joining the
neck to the shoulders. Each side is well painted in strong vivid ϝᬝ
blue tones with eight petal-shaped panels enclosing the bajixiang ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
radiating from a narrow petal band that encircles a domed
boss centred by a spoked flower head surrounded by a key-fret
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border repeated at the edge of the sides. The flat narrow sides
㲛㛢ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ㲞ᮅ㪿㫀Ÿ㲞ᳰ୪᫔▭இՀࢦ㙉ჺ⁞ཿǷ卿
are decorated with a band of leafy scrolls issuing lotus blooms,
࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸
and the neck and foot with meandering lingzhi scrolls. There is a
narrow band of key-fret pattern below the rim. The moonflask is
covered overall with a glossy glaze. The base is inscribed with a
six-character seal mark.
18æ in. (47.3 cm.) high, box
HK$5,500,000-8,000,000 US$710,000-1,000,000
PROVENANCE
Sold at Christie’s London, 4 November 2008, lot 206

EXHIBITED
Capital Museum, China, Treasures of Hong Kong-The 20th
Anniversary of Hong Kong’s Handover, Beijing, 2018, p. 145, pl. 157

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