A COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
Qianlong Seal Mark in Underglaze Blue and of the Period
Each side painted with a five-clawed dragon leaping in pursuit of a flaming pearl executed in copper red of bright crushed strawberry tone shading in areas to pale olive green, amidst scattered clouds above a band of wind-tossed waves in underglaze blue, with a band of blue spiralled cloud scroll on each handle
10in. (26cm.) high, wood stand

拍品專文

Compare a moonflask of similar size and type from the Norton Collection, sold in London, 5 November 1960, lot 200, now in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and included in their Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics, 1965, Catalogue, no. 116; and another from the Reitlinger Collection illustrated by Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XCIV, fig. 1. A larger moon flask of this type (38.5 cm. high) was included in the exhibition, Splendour of the Qing Dynasty, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 9 June - 2 August 1992, Catalogue no. 139.

Compare, also, the example sold in these rooms, 29 November 1990, lot 250.