A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MOONFLASK

QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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A LARGE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MOONFLASK
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The moonflask is applied to either side of the garlic-head neck with gilt dragon-form handles and is boldly decorated in bright enamels to the circular body with a large phoenix amongst a dense, leafy ground with peonies of different sizes and colours, including a large central red and white peony.
25 5/8 in. (65 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present lot may be compared with a large cloisonné enamel moonflask (52 cm. high) decorated with peonies, but without the phoenix, from the collection of David B. Peck III sold at Christie's New York, Rivers of Colour: Cloisonné Enamels from Private American Collections,18 September 2014, lot 640.

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