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THE PROPERTY OF AN EAST COAST COLLECTOR
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-REDDECORATED MOONFLASK
18TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-REDDECORATED MOONFLASK
18TH CENTURY
The moonflask is decorated on each side with a stylized flower spray within a ruyi-head border, surrounded by composite foliate scroll below pendent beaded chains on the neck which is flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles. The underglaze blue imitates 'heaping and piling' and the copper red shades from crushed strawberry to brownish-red.
12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
18TH CENTURY
The moonflask is decorated on each side with a stylized flower spray within a ruyi-head border, surrounded by composite foliate scroll below pendent beaded chains on the neck which is flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles. The underglaze blue imitates 'heaping and piling' and the copper red shades from crushed strawberry to brownish-red.
12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Benjamin F. Edwards III (1931-2009) Collection, no. 3692.
Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 322 (part).
Christie's New York, 18 September 2003, lot 322 (part).