ID 963240 
Lot 3027  | A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
Estimate value
HKD 8 000 000 – 12 000 000 
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 | 
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| 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 | 
| Applied technique: | Pottery | 
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| 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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