A FINE AND RARE SACRIFICIAL-BLUE GLAZED MOONFLASK SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG modelled after archaic bronze form, robustly potted with two broad oval facets tapering towards a tall flared foot of oval section, the two main sides moulded with a raised panel with a slight indentation in the centre, the broad shoulders set on the narrow sides with a pair of parrots forming the handles, their high-relief bodies attached to the shoulders at the beak, feet and tail, all surmounted by a tall columnar neck collared at the base with a ring, applied overall with a deep cobalt-blue glaze, the interior and base left white, the base further inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue height 32.5 cm., 12 3/4 in.
A FINE AND RARE SACRIFICIAL-BLUE GLAZED MOONFLASK SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG modelled after archaic bronze form, robustly potted with two broad oval facets tapering towards a tall flared foot of oval section, the two main sides moulded with a raised panel with a slight indentation in the centre, the broad shoulders set on the narrow sides with a pair of parrots forming the handles, their high-relief bodies attached to the shoulders at the beak, feet and tail, all surmounted by a tall columnar neck collared at the base with a ring, applied overall with a deep cobalt-blue glaze, the interior and base left white, the base further inscribed with a six-character reign mark in underglaze blue height 32.5 cm., 12 3/4 in.
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