ID 861945
Lot 2979 | A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The moonflask is finely painted on the front and back in underglaze blue with eight lotus petal-shaped panels, each enclosing one of the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, radiating from a central raised boss decorated with a stylised flower-head and divided by key-fret and lappet bands. The narrow sides are decorated with a band of stylised lotus scroll. The neck, flanked by a pair of scroll handles, is painted with lingzhi scroll and with a key-fret band at the rim, which is similarly repeated on the slightly spreading foot.
19 1/2 in. (49.8 cm.) high
Provenance
F. Baron van Heeckeren van Waliën, Netherlands, by repute
Vanderven & Vanderven, acquired 16 June 1980
Literature
The International Herald Tribune, 20-21 October 1979
Antique Maaestrict, 1980, p. 132 and 133
2nd Asian Antique Fair, Hong Kong, 1980, p. 67
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Qianlong 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: | Qianlong 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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