A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE MOONFLASK, BIANHU

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE MOONFLASK, BIANHU
18TH CENTURY

Each side painted with a bird perched on fruiting branches, one of finger citron, the other pomegranate, the cylindrical neck with lingzhi and set with S-scroll handles, with a wood stand, 19cm. (2)

From an English private collection, purchased in Singapore with a copy of a receipt from Shanghai Art House, dated 30th December 1968.

The form and design of this lot is modelled after blue and white moonflasks from the Yongle period. Ming dynasty prototypes were modelled after Central Asian or Persian metallic flasks which first entered China in the Tang period. For a similar 18th century moonflask modelled after Ming dynasty wares, see Bonhams, 4th June 2015, lot 28.

十八世紀 青花花鳥紋抱月瓶
來源：英國私人收藏，1968年12月30日購於新加坡鴻林公司（付發票複印件）。