Lot Essay
No other 18th Century moonflasks with this decoration appear to be published
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A VERY RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
QIANLONG
Each side of the flattened circular body painted with a composite floral scroll encircled by a classic scroll border, the sides painted with a continuous lingzhi vine, the cupped mouth with a saw-tooth band above a floral meander band, repeated on the pair of handles each terminating with a ruyi panel enclosing a single lotus bloom, the rectangular foot and base unglazed (glaze line to foot) --12in. (30.5cm.) high
QIANLONG
Each side of the flattened circular body painted with a composite floral scroll encircled by a classic scroll border, the sides painted with a continuous lingzhi vine, the cupped mouth with a saw-tooth band above a floral meander band, repeated on the pair of handles each terminating with a ruyi panel enclosing a single lotus bloom, the rectangular foot and base unglazed (glaze line to foot) --12in. (30.5cm.) high