Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 138
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £5800
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BAOYUEPING
18TH CENTURY
Decorated in the early Ming style, each side painted with stylised petals and flowerheads radiating from a yin-yang symbol, the two strap handles with central raised ridges and shaped terminals containing sprays of peony, with a band of scrolling floral and foliate designs to the upper bulb, 24.2cm.
Provenance: sold in these rooms on 23rd May 2012, lot 134.
Cf. Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr and Mrs J M Hu, The Shanghai Museum, p.74, pl.40 for an almost identical vase.