ID 963340
Lot 3029 | A FINE FLAMBÉ-GLAZED MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 3 500 000 – 5 500 000
YONGZHENG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The vase has a flat circular body with a central domed medallion, the cylindrical neck is flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll-form handles, raised above a spreading pedestal foot, all covered under a purplish-red glaze streaked with blue, the base is covered with a yellowish-brown wash with uneven patches of celadon-green glaze.
13 in. (33.1 cm.) high
Provenance
The Meiyintang Collection, no. 835
Literature
R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 2, no. 835
Exhibited
Nationalmuseum Stockholm, Uställning av Äldre kinesiskt konsthantverk ur Svenska Samlingar, 1928, Catalogue no. 455
The British Museum, London, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, 1994
Evolution to Perfection: Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection/Evolution vers la perfection. Céramiques de Chine de la Collection Meiyintang, Sporting d'Hiver, Monte Carlo, 1996, Catalogue no. 177
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Yongzheng period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
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