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A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE 清乾隆 青花蓮瓣式開光暗八仙
LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘ANBAXIAN’ 靈芝耳扁壺
MOONFLASK
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG 《大清乾隆年製》款
sturdily and robustly potted, the generously proportioned 來源：
vessel with a circular body rising from a splayed oval foot to 格羅夫納古董博覽會，倫敦，1990年代初
a flaring neck flanked by a pair of S-scroll handles rendered 永寶齋，香港
in the form of cloud swirls, the substantial vessel superbly
painted overall in shaded tones of cobalt blue, each main
side centred with a medallion enclosing a shou character
rendered in angular scrollwork, surrounded by eight radiating
spokes alternating with eight lobed cartouches, each
enclosing a beribboned anbaxian emblem, all encircled by a
further circular key-fret band, the main sides interrupted by
cloud scrolls and soaring bats painted to the rounded sides,
neck and foot, the rim bordered with a frieze of pendent ruyi
blooms, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark
50.5 cm, 19⅞ in.
PROVENANCE
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, Park Lane, London,
early 1990s.
Chak’s Co. Ltd, Hong Kong.

Estimate Upon Request
估價待詢

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