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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK

Lot 3027
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
HKD 8 000 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 963240
Lot 3027 | A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 8 000 000 – 12 000 000
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK

YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)

The elegant flask is well potted with a flattened, but slightly domed, circular lower section and a globular upper section narrowing to a short neck and a bulb-shaped mouth. The widest part of the upper bulb is painted with a band of composite floral scroll, above the lower section painted on each side with an eight-pointed arabesque centred by a yinyang symbol encircled by petals, bordered by a 'half cash' band around the edge. The flask stands on an oval foot flanked by a pair of strap handles on either side joining the neck and shoulders of the vessel, with petal-shaped terminals on the shoulders. All in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.

10 1/4 in. (25.7 cm.) high





Provenance

Collection of Enrico Maestrini

Eskenazi Ltd, London

The Meiyintang Collection



Literature

Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol. 4, no. 1644
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Porcelain
Historical era:Yongle period
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects, Vases and vessels
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
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