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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

AN EXTREMELY RARE ‘SWEET-WHITE’
INCISED ‘ROSETTE’ MOONFLASK, BIANHU
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD

well modelled with a flattened spherical body with two domed
side supported on an oval footring, surmounted by a waisted
neck and small bulb-shaped mouth, flanked by a pair of
elegantly arched strap handles extending from the upper
neck to the narrow sides with lobed terminals, each main
side incised with lotus blooms alternating with elongated
petal lappets enclosing trefoil motifs, all radiating out from
a central medallion encircling a striated border and yinyang
symbol, surrounded by a chevron border along the edge, below
a delicate floral scroll collaring the lower mouth, the lobed
terminals of the handles similarly adorned with floral sprays,
applied overall save for the unglazed footring with an unctuous
‘sweet-white’ glaze
30 cm, 11¾ in.
HK$ 10,000,000-18,000,000
US$ 1,290,000-2,320,000
明永樂 甜白釉暗刻輪花紋綬帶耳葫蘆扁壺

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