A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SMALL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOONFLASK QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 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. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high 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
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL SMALL PINK-GROUND FAMILLE ROSE MOONFLASK QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN IRON-RED AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) 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. 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high 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
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