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A CHINESE CLOISONNE MOON FLASK (BIAN HU)
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
decorated to the compressed sides with a central large peony mudan surrounded by a profusion of colourful foliage, chrysanthemum and smaller peony heads springing up from a ground with morning glory, lingzhi and other small blooms, applied with detailed bronze dragon handles flanking the bulbous neck, with the traditional key fret pattern bordering the foot-rim of an oval foot, 45cm high including stand
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: For a similar, though larger example, please refer to Sotheby's, Paris, 8 June, 2007, lot 92.
Literature: An example of a very similar Peony moon flask, is illustrated in Claudia Brown, Chinese Cloisonne, The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, pl. 46; and another in the Pierre Uldry Collection in Helmut Brinker et Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonne, Zurich, 1985, pl. 234.
Sold for $9,000
Lot 36
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911), 18TH/19TH CENTURY
decorated to the compressed sides with a central large peony mudan surrounded by a profusion of colourful foliage, chrysanthemum and smaller peony heads springing up from a ground with morning glory, lingzhi and other small blooms, applied with detailed bronze dragon handles flanking the bulbous neck, with the traditional key fret pattern bordering the foot-rim of an oval foot, 45cm high including stand
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: For a similar, though larger example, please refer to Sotheby's, Paris, 8 June, 2007, lot 92.
Literature: An example of a very similar Peony moon flask, is illustrated in Claudia Brown, Chinese Cloisonne, The Clague Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1980, pl. 46; and another in the Pierre Uldry Collection in Helmut Brinker et Albert Lutz, Chinesisches Cloisonne, Zurich, 1985, pl. 234.
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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