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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL BLUE
AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASKS, BIANHU
Qianlong seal marks and of the period
Each of flattened globular form rising from a short spreading foot to
a cylindrical neck flanked by S-shaped moulded foliate handles, the
body boldly painted on each main side in vivid shades of cobalt blue
simulating the ‘heaped and piled’ effect, with a raised central boss
decorated with a stylised flowerhead encircled by a key-fret border and
lotus petal panels, all encircled by radiating lotus lappets enclosing the
Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, within a key-fret border, the neck
and foot painted with lingzhi fungus foliate scrolls, the sides decorated
with bands of leafy scrolls issuing lotus blossoms, the base with a six-
character zhuanshu seal mark, hardwood stands, fitted boxes.
Each 49cm (19 1/4in) high (6).

HK$20,000,000 - 30,000,000
US$2,600,000 - 3,900,000

Provenance:
William Skinner Family, Wistariahurst, Holyoke, Massachusetts
William Cobbett Skinner (1857-1947) and Ruth Isabel (Belle) Skinner (1866-1928)
Katharine Skinner Kilborne (1873-1968)
Belle Skinner Kilborne Taylor (1926-2016)

清乾隆 青花八吉祥紋雙耳扁壺一對 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款
來源：
美國馬薩諸塞州，霍利奧克市，威廉·斯金納家族舊藏
威廉·庫伯·斯金納（1857-1947）及露絲·伊莎貝爾·斯金納（1866-1928）
凱瑟琳·斯金納·基爾伯恩（1873-1968）
貝爾·斯金納·基爾伯恩·泰勒（1926-2016）

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