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         A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’                ᪺̗㡳nj㤎⩈Ռܒ⎠ሊᕖ⁅njՎಧ╌ᕋᢎ
         MOONFLASK
                                                           ≡⏜ऑ卿⒜㯝   㯝Ǯ⫒⏟ᓞ⽔㱈ཌ♑ぞ䂆⪆卿Ꮣ஋⭬卿஄㑷
         QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
         AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)                     ംᖊ   㘻㵲㬪Ɽ⡠㱈卿ऑᯒӴࣿ≡⭬㚒ᯒ⥾୪⡠Ӭॶ卿㯝Ǯ
         The moonflask is finely painted on the front and back in   㑷‶㱈㬦ⱐ⡠ǯ⭬ݦ㬷ԋᇵ߃㑌卿ӳ㱈ஏₕ㬦ⱐ⡠   ം∪⥾
         underglaze blue with eight lotus petal-shaped panels, each   ᯧ㖥ǮᯧにǮ༾ۃǮⵖ⸌Ǯ⸥ⱤǮ༾≡Ǯ㞖㷚Ǯ⏎㧩卿ݨम
         enclosing one of the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, radiating   ▼எᡪǯ
         from a central raised boss decorated with a stylised flower-head
                                                           ϝᬝ
         and divided by key-fret and lappet bands. The narrow sides are
         decorated with a band of stylised lotus scroll. The neck, flanked   ٳᘹצ೥ᇑ卿     ჺ    ᝲ    ᚚ卿ᐽ৅     ⽚
         by a pair of scroll handles, is painted with lingzhi scroll and with a
                                                           ᫉≡ംᆨ஋ⲋᶕᝲ卿ᘢ♑Ǹᐦᝲ≡ǹᎵǸ༾ᝲ≡ǹǯݯ⫭㵲ᷛ⎊卿㬪Ɽ
         key-fret band at the rim, which is similarly repeated on the slightly
                                                           ⎉ⰰՙ㿃卿㙁௛ऒ᧥⛘ⴃ卿݋ߎヿ→ԻԳ㪏Ⴝ⎏ൃ㪿ጝऒ⎏੧ൃǯݨम
         spreading foot.
                                                           ▼卿ࣽ♑Ǹדᘰݨ༾ǹ卿⊐㇛⻦੕ૐᘰ᱁ݣԋࣥ卿ᛓד།჎⊇㎜ᇨम▼
         19 ƒ in. (49.5 cm.) high, box
                                                           ⎏ݨ։଍⁒卿ἃݱ௛⎏्ᝳ໵ᘰዪ⨒⎏≢଍ㅛ㱈எᡪ卿ԮᛓԳ㪏Ⴝ੧ዴ
         HK$1,200,000-2,000,000        US$160,000-260,000  ⎏⡠㱈卿㵲→ԻԳ㪏⎑Ⴝཌ⻦۔דᘰ⎏ῂㄌ卿Քᛓᶕ᳖⎑ᚉ⯝ⷡ⻦᪇㏟
                                                           ◶བᇁ׹卿ক␲⏟⽔⎏᫓ट㇦㌴ǯ
         PROVENANCE
         Sold at Christie’s London, 11 December 1989, lot 242  ⡠㱈Ǯཨ༿⏟֎⎏Գ㪏ᐦᝲ≡जࣻ⩠厍झ࢈ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴Ꮢ⻦Ӭ׾卿㇦Ƕ◙
                                                           ೰ᄮ༱म▼எᡪ≢଍⁞ཿஎ㢙Ƿ卿झ࢈卿    卿எ‸   厎ࢶ՗ࢷ⁒㩴⻦
         The form of these large Qianlong flasks is based on Ming-dynasty
                                                           Ӭ׾卿㇦Ƕ᳖≢ⵧⅧĜ᳖ջᄮ㫇Գ໶⚩≢଍Ƿ卿㲞ᳰ卿    卿㮰    厎
         fifteenth century prototypes, which had a convex side that was
         decorated and a flat unglazed back with a countersunk medallion in   Ӭ׾ⶬ㢙ᙻǶӽ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄    ݺ卿ែ՗卿     ჺ卿எ‸    厎
         the centre. For a Yongle (1403-24) example see the flask in the Freer   ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦Հ׾卿㇦Ƕ߅ݏ⧻ワ㱦⻦৅எ㢙   ԋஇ㪃┵Ƿ卿ែ՗卿
         Gallery of Art, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great        ჺ卿எ‸     ࣿ    厎ⶰᮣᇑ⯠⻦Ӭ׾卿ᐽ㐈ᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿
         Collections, Tokyo, vol. 9, 1981, no. 94. These fifteenth century blue and
                                                           ჺ    ᝲ   ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚ǯ㘆ឆᐽ㐈׾ຽࡺᑐ卿㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘӬ׾卿
         white porcelain flasks were themselves based on silver-inlaid brass
                                                                ჺ   ᝲ   ᚚ卿ᐽ৅      ⽚厎ٳᘹצ೥ᇑӬཌ卿     ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚ卿
         prototypes.
                                                           ᐽ৅     ⽚厎ࣿ㲞ᳰ㚥ẂᙱӬཌ卿     ჺ   ᝲ    ᚚ卿ᐽ৅     ⽚ǯ
         For other similar Qianlong blue and white moonflasks see an example
         in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Good Fortune,
         Long Life, Health and Peace: A Special Exhibition of Porcelain with
         Auspicious Designs, Taipei, 1995, no. 11; one in the Nanjing Museum
         illustrated in Qing Imperial Porcelain of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and
         Qianlong Reigns, Hong Kong, 1995, p. 295;  one illustrated in Sekai Toji
         Zenshu, vol. 15, Tokyo, 1983, no. 151; two included in Chinese Ceramics
         in The Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, figs. 949 and 950; one from the
         Greenwald Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2010,
         lot 2826; another sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011, lot 3123; a
         pair sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2013, lot 222; and a further pair
         sold at Bonham’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 120.



















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