Lot Essay
No other celadon-glazed moonflask of this design appears to be published.
The combination of incised and moulded decoration is especially successful on this large flask. The pale green glaze pools to a slightly darker shade in the incised lines, allowing the design to show through, while the bolder moulded decoration has been confined to the secondary bands where the relief profiles are slightly visible.
Two related examples include a smaller Yongzheng double-gourd shaped garlic-head flask (22.9 cm.) decorated with moulded lotus scrolls, in the Palace Musuem, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, p. 271, pl. 100; and a moulded celadon and underglaze-blue decorated moonflask sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1999, lot 545.
(US$320,000-380,000)
The combination of incised and moulded decoration is especially successful on this large flask. The pale green glaze pools to a slightly darker shade in the incised lines, allowing the design to show through, while the bolder moulded decoration has been confined to the secondary bands where the relief profiles are slightly visible.
Two related examples include a smaller Yongzheng double-gourd shaped garlic-head flask (22.9 cm.) decorated with moulded lotus scrolls, in the Palace Musuem, Beijing, illustrated in Kangxi Yongzheng Qianlong, p. 271, pl. 100; and a moulded celadon and underglaze-blue decorated moonflask sold in these Rooms, 26 April 1999, lot 545.
(US$320,000-380,000)