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IMPORTANTE GOURDE EN PORCELAINE Moonß asks of this design and large size are rare. A challenging
BLEU BLANC shape to Þ re without leaning to one side, the present ß ask is
MARQUE ET ÉPOQUE QIANLONG almost perfectly straight. Its shape follows an early Ming type
which in itself was inspired by middle-eastern metalware.
la panse circulaire reposant sur un haut pied évasé et The design of lotus petals radiating from a central rosette
surmontée d’un col tubulaire agrémenté de deux anses adorning either side of the ß ask is also inspired by more
mouvementées, à décor d’un médaillon central en relief stylised geometric star-shaped medallions centred on a yin-
entouré de huit pétales de lotus peints en bleu cobalt, chacun yang symbol, with curved bands and pointed tips vaguely
comprenant un des huit emblèmes bouddhistes, bajixiang, reminiscent of leaves and petals, found on 15th century ß asks
les côtés plats ornés d’une bande centrale peinte d’un as exempliÞ ed by a blue and white ß ask from the Ardabil
enroulement de ß eurs de lotus et feuilles, le col et le pied Shrine in the National Museum of Iran, Teheran, published in
délicatement décorés de lingzhi dans des rinceaux feuillagés, Oriental Ceramics: The World’s Great Collections, Tokyo, New
le pourtour de la gourde et le col Þ nement soulignés d’une York, and San Francisco, 1980-1982, vol. 4, col. pl. 58. An early
frise de leiwen, marque à six caractères en cachet en bleu sous 15th century blue and white basin from the Avery Brundage
couverte à la base Collection and now in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco,
49,7 cm, 19½ in. shows even more clearly the inß uence of early Ming blue and
white porcelain designs on blue and white porcelains of the
A large blue and white ‘bajixiang’ moonß ask, Qianlong seal Qianlong period. It is decorated with a closely related design of
mark and period eight petal panels radiating from a double vajra with each panel
containing one of the eight auspicious Buddhist emblems,
200 000-300 000 €
bajixiang, see Blue and White, Chicago, 1985, cat. no. 28.
1 910 000-2 860 000 HK$ 243 000-364 000 US$
Similar Ming-style blue and white moonß asks of this large
૶৻ඤ ڡڀɞΛୂ७ᕐЀܯడ size are known in museums and private collections. Compare
an example illustrated in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ch’ing
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Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, vol. II, Tokyo,
1981, cat. no. 5; another Ming-style blue and white moonß ask
of this type and size from the Edward T. Chow Collection, was
sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 19th May 1981, lot 544; more
recently, a pair of similar moonß asks was sold in our London
rooms, 15th May 2010, lot 222, Þ nally, yet another example
was sold in our Paris rooms, 16th December 2015, lot 78.

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