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The form of the present moonflask is in imitation of Yongle period ᫉೭ज㋵Գ㪏֎᭦ᦼᐦᝲ≡⎏ӳԧԠה卿ݯᆨᝬ᚝जᵒ⯇ംఓ۔ݣԋࣥ
(1403-1425) prototypes, which are likely to have been inspired Ԡ㞖㠤଍ǯ㯸ַ׾㇦ᙻഅ㧿ࢷ⁒㱦㱦⻦卿ࡺᑐ厍⯠㞖ྒྷՌᰲ⻱ワࢷ⁒
by Middle Eastern metalwares. Similar Qianlong blue and white
㱦㱦⻦Ӭ։卿ߒᙻ׍࠺卿Ƕ$IJOFTF $FSBNJDT " /FX $PNQSFIFOTJWF
moonflasks of this types are in several museum collections worldwide:
4VSWFZǷ卿⡥⡙卿 ჺ卿㮰 厎ᚚទ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦㱦⻦ݦ։卿Ӭ
one of the same size from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is
included in He Li, Chinese Ceramics: A New Comprehensive Survey, ։ݰԳ㪏ݪໃ᪪卿Ӭ։Ὅ᪪ ߎߣ㵶 ݩߎࣿ ݩߎ 卿㖊ᙻǶԋஇ
New York, 1996, pp. 321-322, pl. 599; two are located in the Idemitsu 㪃┵厍߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦৅எ㢙Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ㮰 卿எ‸⤔⽚
Museum (49.2 cm. and 50 cm. high, the latter unmarked), both ࣿ 厎Ṷ㪈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴㩴⻦Ӭ։ 㵶 ݩߎ 卿㇦ᙻǶṶ㪈ᘢ༈
illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Museum Collection,
ࢷ⁒㩴㩴⻦ᙔ⁒⠢⠝Ÿ≢଍࣍Ƿ卿ӳݺ卿Ṷ㪈卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸
Tokyo, 1987, pp. 362 and 363, pls. 949 and 950; another (49.5 cm.
厎ࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㩴㩴⻦Ӭ։ 㵶 ݩߎ 卿⎈ᙻǶԋஇ᫓ջᜀᇪ㤯≢଍Ƿ卿
high) in the Shenyang Palace Museum’s collection is illustrated in The
Prime Cultural Relics Collected by Shenyang Imperial Palace Museum- ࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 厎ԋஇஇ།ࢷ⁒㱦㱦⻦Ӭ։ 㵶 ݩߎ 卿㇦
The Chinaware, vol. 1, Shengyang, 2007, p. 65, pl. 35; one (50 cm. high) Ƕԋஇஇ།ࢷ⁒㱦㱦⻦ᙔ⁒Ⓔ♾ऐᝧ Ĥ ≢଍࣍ Ĥ ᳖ջǷ卿ӳᱡ卿
in the Nanjing museum is illustrated in Zhongguo lidai Jingdezhen ciqi,
ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ 厎झ࢈இ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ք⻦Ӭ׾ 㵶 ݩߎ 卿
Beijing, 1998, p. 169; one (49.2 cm. high) in the National Museum of
㇦Ƕ᳖ջ㬪Ɽ≢଍Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸⤔⽚
China is illustrated in Studies of the Collections of the National Museum
of China, Shanghai, 2007, p. 122, pl. 83; and one (49.3 cm. high) in the ࣿ B Dǯ
Taipei National Palace Museum is published in the Blue and White
Ware of the Ch’ing Dynasty, vol. 2, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 50 and 51, pls. ᫉ം卿Քᝳᙇ׾ᙻ㇦ᙻ☆՞ᘘ⻦卿ࡺᑐ厍߿ᇍ᭄⻱ワ㱦ᘘ⻦Ӭ։ 㵶
15 and 15a-c. ݩߎ 卿㖊ᙻǶᇍ᭄⻱ワ㱦Ĥ㪃≢Ĥ᳖ջǷ卿✄ ݺ卿㲞ᳰ卿 ჺ卿
எ‸⤔⽚ 厎Ӭ׾ᝪݣ⻦ #SVOEBHF Ⅷ⻦卿ߒᙻ $ BOE . #FVSEFMFZ
Compare also a number of examples from private collections including:
one (49.6 cm. high) illustrated in The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese ᏒⶬǶ-B $FSBNJRVF $IJOPJTFǷ卿ഏ㞑ై卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚ 厎Ӭ׾
Ceramics-Qing Dynasty, vol. 4, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 75; one from ᝪ⊐ըὙԠ⯠⻦卿ᇌᙻ ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅⤔
the Brundage Collection is described by C. and M. Beurdeley in La ⽚ 厎Ӭ։׹⯇ (FSBME . (SFFOXBME Ⅷ⻦卿ᝪ㖊ᙻǶ5XP 5IPVTBOE
Ceramique Chinoise, Fribourg, 1974, no. 138; one (49.7 cm. high) from :FBST PG $IJOFTF $FSBNJDTǷ卿 ჺ卿⤔⽚ 卿Ԡᇌࣽᙻ ჺ
the Edward T. Chow Collection was sold as lot 544 at Sotheby’s Hong
Kong, 19 May 1981; and another (49 cm. high) from the Gerald M. ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅⤔⽚ ǯ
Greenwald Collection was publicised in Two Thousand Years of Chinese
Ceramics, 1996, no. 58, and later sold as lot 2826 at Christie’s Hong
Kong, 1 December 2010.

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