A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK - photo 1
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK - photo 2
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK

Lot 2979
29.11.2022 13:30UTC +08:00
Classic
Starting price
HKD 6 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationHong Kong, Hong Kong
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ID 861945
Lot 2979 | A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 6 000 000 – 8 000 000
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASK

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
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
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