A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASK
(Bianhu) with a flattened circular body decorated with a network of stylised floral scrolls highlighted with simulated heaping and piling, the slightly flared cylindrical neck with a formalised lower border and applied handles with finely-moulded ruyi decoration in a blue glaze with white highlights, Qing or later, 34cm high
Provenance: A French private collection and thence by descent.
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£1,000 - £2,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
The Yongzheng Emperor was a keen antiquarian and a significant number of items made for his court imitated vessels made in the early 15th century, which were particularly admired by the Imperial Court.
