Lot Essay
Previously sold in our New York Rooms, 28-29 October 1977, lot 181.
Although underglaze-blue moonflasks painted with this arrangement of the bajixiang design are published, such as the example in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He li, Chinese Ceramics: A comprehensive Survey, p. 292, no. 599, there are no other published examples of this pattern executed in this combination of decorative techniques. The most closely related example is a Qianlong celadon and underglaze-blue moonflask of a different pattern with incised, and not moulded and carved, decoration, sold in Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 108.
The vase is an excellent example of the effect that could be created by using the intaglio form of decoration on monochrome porcelain vessel, to create two different shades of green from the same glaze, while simultaneously accentuating the pattern.
(US$320,000-450,000)
Although underglaze-blue moonflasks painted with this arrangement of the bajixiang design are published, such as the example in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, illustrated by He li, Chinese Ceramics: A comprehensive Survey, p. 292, no. 599, there are no other published examples of this pattern executed in this combination of decorative techniques. The most closely related example is a Qianlong celadon and underglaze-blue moonflask of a different pattern with incised, and not moulded and carved, decoration, sold in Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 108.
The vase is an excellent example of the effect that could be created by using the intaglio form of decoration on monochrome porcelain vessel, to create two different shades of green from the same glaze, while simultaneously accentuating the pattern.
(US$320,000-450,000)