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Auction archive: Lot number 545

A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY DECORATED CELADON AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOONFLASK

Auction 26.04.1999
26 Apr 1999
Estimate
HK$2,500,000 - HK$3,500,000
ca. US$322,565 - US$451,591
Price realised:
HK$3,760,000
ca. US$485,137
Auction archive: Lot number 545

A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY DECORATED CELADON AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOONFLASK

Auction 26.04.1999
26 Apr 1999
Estimate
HK$2,500,000 - HK$3,500,000
ca. US$322,565 - US$451,591
Price realised:
HK$3,760,000
ca. US$485,137
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY DECORATED CELADON AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOONFLASK QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD The flask moulded on each flattened circular side with a large lotus petal panel radiating from a raised central boss, containing the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang , encircled by a key-pattern band, all under an even pale celadon glaze, the sides decorated in underglaze-blue with a narrow band of leafy scroll issuing lotus blooms, the neck and foot are painted with lingzhi scrolls, the mouth rim highlighted with a key-fret band under celadon glaze and the cylindrical neck flanked with scrolling handles (hairline crack to neck and one handle overpainted, one handle repaired) 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 545
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY DECORATED CELADON AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE MOONFLASK QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD The flask moulded on each flattened circular side with a large lotus petal panel radiating from a raised central boss, containing the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang , encircled by a key-pattern band, all under an even pale celadon glaze, the sides decorated in underglaze-blue with a narrow band of leafy scroll issuing lotus blooms, the neck and foot are painted with lingzhi scrolls, the mouth rim highlighted with a key-fret band under celadon glaze and the cylindrical neck flanked with scrolling handles (hairline crack to neck and one handle overpainted, one handle repaired) 19 in. (48.2 cm.) high

Auction archive: Lot number 545
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 1999
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong
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