A Ming-style blue and white moon flask, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Lot 160. A Ming-style blue and white moon flask, Qianlong period (1736-1795). Estimate HKD 200,000 - HKD 300,000 (USD 25,911 - USD 38,867). Price Realised HKD 350,000 (USD 45,331). Photo Christie’s Images Limited 2016.
The vase is painted on both sides with a complex geometric pattern infilled with floral scroll, lattice and wave motifs, tessellating around a central six-pointed star to form a large meander, each of the compressed sides of the vase with a raised boss on the mid-body decorated as a floral bloom dividing a composite floral spray, supported on a splayed foot encircling a small countersunk circle. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high, box.
Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's London, 8 November 2006, lot 477
Christie’s. Sale 12557. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 October 2016, Hong Kong