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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK Similar Qianlong-marked vases are illustrated in The Exhibition of Chinese
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD Ceramics of Eight Dynasties, National Museum of History, Taiwan, 1987,
(1736-1795) p. 65; by Yutaka Mino and J. Robinson, Beauty and Tranquility: The Eli Lilly
Collection of Chinese Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1983, pl. 116; and
Each slightly convex side is moulded with a peach-shaped panel that is in the Exhibition of Ch’ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Hong
decorated in the ffteenth century style with two bats in fight around fruiting Kong, 1973, no. 66. A similar vase was sold at Christie’s, New York, 13-14
peach branches, and is surrounded by fower scroll meander, while the narrow September 2012, lot 1450.
sides are decorated with lingzhi scroll interrupted by the bottom terminal of
the arched ruyi sceptre handles. 清乾隆 仿明式青花福壽紋抱月瓶 六字篆書款
9Ω in. (24 cm.) high 來源：歐洲私人珍藏

£10,000-15,000 $15,000-22,000
€13,000-19,000

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