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A BIG YELLOW GROUND BAJIXIANG PORCELAIN MOON FLASK
China, late 19th Century
The convex sides are painted in blue on a yellow ground, in the style of Ming of 15th Century, with eight petals containing the
bajixiang released from a small band of other petals, surrounding a central protuberance decorated with a flower; the sides are
covered with lingzhi mushrooms; foot and neck en suite; the two handles are moulded as symmetrical, curved leaves; on the yellow
base is painted in blue the apocryphal, six-character seal mark of the EmperorYongzheng. A firing defect at the central protuberance

and a small chip on the foot.

A similar, smaller white and blue moon flask bajixiang, presumably of the same period, marked Qianlong was sold at at Bonhams, Auction 20024: FINE
CHINESE ART, 08 November 2012, LONDRA, NEW BOND STREET; lot. 56.The bajixiang are the eight Buddhist symbols of good fortune.This moon flask
recalls the samples in Ming style manufactured in the 18th Century, duringYongzheng and Qianlong Kingdoms.See a similar moon flask on yellow ground,
markedYongzheng and of the period, at Christie’s, SALE 2891 – IMPORTANT CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART; 30 November 2011; Hong Kong;
lot 2944.An almost identical, white and blue moon flask bajixiang, marked Qianlong andof the period was sold at Christie’s, SALE 2463 – FINE CHINESE

CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART PART I & II; 15 September 2011, NewYork, Rockefeller Plaza; lot. 1547.

Conditions good
Height 49 cm.

€ 800/1.200

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