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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SMALL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOONFLASK by Anonymous

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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (15 May 2018)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 15, 2018
Christie'sLondonRarity and Refinement: Treasures from a Distinguished East Asian Collection17
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A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SMALL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOONFLASK
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Artwork Description
Category

other

Dimensions

15.6 cm (6.13 in)

Provenance

Purchased by Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) from the art dealer Henry Durlacher of New Bond Street, London, between September 1864 and September 1866

Fonthill Heirloom label, no. 450

Previously sold by the order of Lord Margadale of Islay, D.L., Christie’s London, 9 November 2004, lot 47

Christie's Hong Kong, 29 May 2007, lot 1376

Description

The moonflask is finely potted with a flattened circular shape, supported on a spreading oval foot. The short, waisted neck terminates in an incurved mouth, flanked by two loop handles. The exterior of the body is elaborately enamelled with a large circular panel to each side, depicting large peonies beside branches of magnolia and crab apple, all reserved on a pink scraffiato ground decorated with stylised lotuses and colourful leafy scrolls, between a trefoil band at the base and ruyi lappets around the mouth. The interior and base are enamelled in turquoise, with gilt lines repeated around the base and mouth rim.