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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ 清乾隆 青花八吉祥紋雙耳扁壺
MOONFLASK 《大清乾隆年製》款
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF
QIANLONG 來源：
日本私人收藏，集成於1930年代
the circular body rising from a splayed oval 巴黎蘇富比2013年12月12日，編號144
foot to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of
S-scroll handles, finely painted in varying tones
of cobalt blue enhanced by simulated ‘heaping
and piling’, each side centred on a large boss with
a floral medallion comprising ruyi-shaped petals
enclosed within a key-fret and lappet border,
all encircled by radiating bold lotus petal panels
containing the bajixiang, surrounded by a key-fret
border, the flat sides with a narrow band of leafy
scrolls issuing lotus blooms, the neck and foot
each painted with a lingzhi scroll and key-fret
around the rim, inscribed on the base with a six-
character seal mark
34.5 cm, 13⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, formed in the
1930s.
Sotheby’s Paris, 12th December 2013, lot 144.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 77,000-103,000
Mark SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
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