A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BIANPING
A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BIANPING YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) Of double-gourd form after a Middle Eastern metalwork prototype, each domed facet of the moonflask well painted with an eight-pointed starburst radiating from a central yinyang motif, the foliate points interspersed between palmette ornaments, encircled by a diaper band around the edge, the bulb neck with a thin floral band, above the pair of loop handles with ruyi -shaped terminals painted with lotus sprays, all raised on a low rectangular foot 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high, box
A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BIANPING
A RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE MOONFLASK, BIANPING YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) Of double-gourd form after a Middle Eastern metalwork prototype, each domed facet of the moonflask well painted with an eight-pointed starburst radiating from a central yinyang motif, the foliate points interspersed between palmette ornaments, encircled by a diaper band around the edge, the bulb neck with a thin floral band, above the pair of loop handles with ruyi -shaped terminals painted with lotus sprays, all raised on a low rectangular foot 12 3/4 in. (32.5 cm.) high, box
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