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A MAGNIFICENT BLUE AND WHITE
MOONFLASK
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE
BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

The circular body of oval section is raised on a splayed base and surmounted
by a waisted neck flanked by bat-form handles holding lingzhi in their mouths,
each side is finely painted in varying shades of bright cobalt blue with a farmer
cultivating a field with a buffalo below parasol trees, the short sides painted with
scrolling peonies, and stylised shou characters suspending musical chimes, the
base and the rim with a band of ruyi heads.
23 ¼ in. (59 cm.) high, box
HK$60,000,000-80,000,000 US$7,800,000-10,000,00
PROVENANCE
Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 3-4 May 1994, lot 172
An Asian private collection
Dragon & Phoenix – 800 Years of Patronage, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong,
1 November 2004, lot 902

EXHIBITED
Galleries of the Baur Collection, Geneva, One Man’s Taste, Treasures from the
Lakeside Pavilion, 1988-1989, Catalogue, no. C15

清乾隆 青花春耕圖雙福如意大抱月瓶 六字篆書款

來源
仇焱之珍藏，香港蘇富比，1994 年 5 月 3-4 日，拍品 172 號
亞洲私人珍藏
《Dragon & Phoenix-800 Years of Patronage》，香港佳士得，2004 年 11 月 1 日，
拍品 902 號

展覽
鮑氏東方藝術館，日內瓦，《One Man’s Taste, Treasures from the Lakeside
Pavilion》，1988-1989年，圖版編號C15

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