A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE FACETTED MOONFLASK
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE FACETTED MOONFLASK YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) Of flattened circular form with octagonal sides, superbly painted and detailed to one side of the bulbous body with a central roundel enclosing a pair of quails standing on a grassy mound amidst stalks of millet and branches of aster emerging from the ground, the reverse with two geese, one in flight, the other standing gazing upwards among reeds and branches of hibiscus, all framed within a border of formalised chrysanthemum sprays, the facetted sides similarly decorated with a vertical composite floral scroll band interrupted at the shoulder by a pair of large openwork scroll handles joining the cylindrical neck further decorated with chrysanthemum scroll beneath a wide key-fret band 19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE FACETTED MOONFLASK
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE FACETTED MOONFLASK YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) Of flattened circular form with octagonal sides, superbly painted and detailed to one side of the bulbous body with a central roundel enclosing a pair of quails standing on a grassy mound amidst stalks of millet and branches of aster emerging from the ground, the reverse with two geese, one in flight, the other standing gazing upwards among reeds and branches of hibiscus, all framed within a border of formalised chrysanthemum sprays, the facetted sides similarly decorated with a vertical composite floral scroll band interrupted at the shoulder by a pair of large openwork scroll handles joining the cylindrical neck further decorated with chrysanthemum scroll beneath a wide key-fret band 19 in. (48.5 cm.) high
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