moon flask

Lot 1059. A rare pair of doucai 'tribute bearers' bowls, Yongzheng six-character marks in underglaze blue within double circles and of the period (1723-1735); 17.8 cm diam., cloth box. Price realised USD 226,800 (Estimate USD 80,000 – USD 120,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023 The decoration incorporates five characters below the rim which read you tian yong you yu (there is a heaven which has abundance). Provenance: Important Japanese collection,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1047. A fine iron-decorated porcelain moon flask, Joseon dynasty (1392-1897), 17th-18th century; 8 1/4in (21.1cm) high. Estimate US$ 40,000-50,000. Sold for US$ 50,075 (€ 42,689). Courtesy Bonhams The vase set on a high oval foot and applied with cord runners on the sides, the circular sides decorated in underglaze iron with blossoming flowers, the vase covered in a clear glaze with a slight blue castWith a Japanese wood tomobako storage box inscribed Korai henko hanaire (Korean... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1346. A rare large Guan-type moon flask, Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue and of the period (1736-1795); 19 in. (48 cm.) high. Estimate USD 50,000 - USD 70,000. Price realised USD 62,500. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  The sturdily potted body is of flattened, circular shape with convex sides, and the slightly waisted neck is flanked by a pair of leaf-scroll handles below the everted rim. The vase is covered all over in a thick glaze of greyish-blue tone suffused with a network of brown... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1345. A small soft-paste porcelain moon flask, 18th-19th century; 8 in. (20.2 cm.) high. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 16,250. © Christie's Images Ltd 2013  Each convex side is filled with the incised, twisting body of a three-clawed scaly dragon, and the narrow sides are incised with clouds below the arched handles that flank the bulbous neck. The vase is covered overall with a crackle-suffused, opaque glaze of ivory color. An apocryphal six-character mark, Da Song... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1630. A rare blue and white moon flask, bianhu, Ming dynasty, late 15th-early 16th century; 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) high. Estimate USD 30,000 - USD 50,000. Price realised USD 30,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019  The flattened spherical body is raised on a quatrefoil foot and is decorated on each side with a central recess enclosing a flower head surrounded by two pairs of lions playing amidst flames, babao and the ribbons trailing from two further flower heads, all within a line border... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3323. A Carved Wooden Moon Flask, Qianlong Period, 1736-1795. H 35.7cm H 40cm with stand. Estimate HKD 600,000 - 800,000 (USD 76,576 - 102,101). Lot sold HKD 1,888,000 (USD 240,958). © Poly Auction. This large moon flask resembles the texture of agarwood and its overall surface is carved with naturalistic swirls and gnarled indentations. The slender branch like handles joins the garlic mouth to the sloping shoulders, supported on a short splayed foot. The base is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 157. A superb and rare finely carved celadon-glazed moon flask, Yongzheng seal mark and period (1723-1735). Height 11 1/2  in., 29.2 cm. Estimate 1,500,000 — 2,500,000 USD. Lot sold 2,045,000 USD. Photo: Sotheby's well potted with gently rounded sides, the flattened circular body rising from an unglazed footrim to a cylindrical neck flanked by a pair of scrolling ruyihandles, finely carved on each side with five luxuriant lotus blooms amid scrolling feathery leaves, the neck... [Lire la suite]

Lot 133. A Buncheong moon flask, Joseon Dynasty, (15th-16th century); 9.¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high. Estimate USD 150,000 - USD 250,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2018. With flattened body rising from a ring foot, decorated with white slip and incised on one side with a roundel of an overturned fish swimming in stylized waves and on the opposite side with a panel of abstract design and applied with a thin and glossy clear glaze. Provenance: Yamamoto Hatsujiro (1887-1951), Osaka, acquired in... [Lire la suite]

Lot 228. A 'soft-paste' relief-decorated moon flask, 18th century. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000 (USD 3,933 - USD 6,555). Price realised GBP 6,875 © Christie's Images Ltd 2017 The vase is incised to either side with a sinuous dragon amongst ruyi-form clouds. It is covered in a creamy-white glaze suffused with a dense network of crackles. There is an apocryphal Song dynasty mark to the base. Provenance: Property of a Nordic Gentleman.  ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 4. An exceptionally rare and important blue and white moon flask, Ming dynasty, Yongle period (1403-1424). Estimation 2,200,000 — 3,000,000 USD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's. elegantly potted, the full-bodied swelling flask with a flattened globular body of elongated section, surmounted by a slender cylindrical neck flanked by two scroll handles and resting on a slightly concave flat base, exquisitely painted on either side of the body with masterful arrangements of blossoming... [Lire la suite]