A Rare Celadon-Ground Copper-Red And Blue Moonflask. Qianlong Seal Mark And Period. Photo Sotheby's

resting on a splayed base and surmounted by a waisted neck with garlic-shaped mouth, the rounded sides with four lugs, painted on one side in underglaze blue and copper-red with a fruiting pomegranate, the other with a finger citron branch, all on a pale celadon ground of bluish-green tone, seal mark in underglaze blue. Height 9 3/4 in., 25.4 cm. Estimation: 40,000 - 60,000 USD. Lot. Vendu 98,500 USD 

PROVENANCE: Christie's Hong Kong, 28th April 1997, lot 786.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 11 sept. 2012 www.sotheby's.com