UNDERGLAZE-BLUE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-35)

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BAOYUE PING
Underglaze-blue Yongzheng six-character seal mark and of the period (1723-35)
Each side of the circular body with a raised central boss, the cylindrical neck applied with foliate handles, painted in dark blue tones and simulated 'heaping and piling' with bats among fruiting double gourd scrolls, the central boss with a shou character, the rim with key-pattern, rim and handle restoration
18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Mrs. Allen J. Mercher, Great Neck, Long Island, sold Sotheby's, New York, 24 May 1974, lot 427
Sotheby's London, 5th July 1977, lot 231

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

Although the companion piece to the present lot was sold in London, 5th December 1995, lot 289, it is much rarer to find vines and gourds decorating an otherwise well known shape in the Qianlong period. Usually the decoration comprises the Eight Precious Objects, Bajixiang, in radiating petal panels. Cf. the flask sold in these Rooms, 7th June 1993, lot 81 and cited similar examples.

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