UNDERGLAZE-BLUE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-95)

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BIANHU
Underglaze-blue Qianlong seal mark and of the period (1736-95)
Of circular shape with spreading rectangular base and cylindrical neck flanked by moulded scrolling handles, each side painted in rich cobalt blue with eight panels enclosing the 'Eight Buddhist Emblems', bajixiang, radiating from a slightly raised boss painted with a stylised flowerhead and divided by key-pattern and lappet bands, all within a key-pattern border, the flat sides painted with a narrow band of leafy scrolls issuing blossoms, the neck and foot painted with a lingzhi scroll and key-pattern around the rim, area of neck and one handle restored
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

For similar examples, see Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shugakukan series, vol. 15, no. 1511; Illustated Catalogue of Ch'ing Dynasty Porcelain in the National Palace Museum, pl. 15; Idemitsu Museum, 15th Anniversary Catalogue, 1981, no. 964; Beurdeley and Raindre, La Ceramique Chinoise, no. 138; Ohlmer Collection, Catalogue, no. 58, in the Roemer Museum Hildesheim; Beurdeley and Raindre, Qing Porcelain, pl. 154, from the E.T. Chow Collection; and Osgood, Blue and White Chinese Porcelain, pl. 48.

Other examples were sold in our New York Rooms, 2 June 1989, lot 81, from the Eugene O Perkins Collection; in our Hong Kong Rooms, 26 September 1989, lot 662, 31 March 1992, lot 605 and in these Rooms, 7 December 1992, lot 53 and 7 June 1993, lots 81 and 84

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