QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Compare a moon flask of similar size and type from the Norton Collection, sold in our London rooms, 5 November 1960, lot 200, now in the Art Gallery of New South Wales and included in their Exhibition of Chinese Ceramics, 1965, 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, no. 139. Another example is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 233, cat. 213.

Compare, also, the example sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 29 and 30 April 2001, lot 608 and another, sold in these rooms, 24 March 2004, lot 213.