A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'ANBAXIAN' MOONFLASK SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
sturdily and robustly potted, the generously proportioned vessel with a circular body rising from a splayed oval foot to a flaring neck flanked by a pair of S-scroll handles rendered in the form of cloud swirls, the substantial vessel superbly painted overall in shaded tones of cobalt blue, each main side centred with a medallion enclosing a shou character rendered in angular scrollwork, surrounded by eight radiating spokes alternating with eight lobed cartouches, each enclosing a beribboned anbaxian emblem, all encircled by a further circular key-fret band, the main sides interrupted by cloud scrolls and soaring bats painted to the rounded sides, neck and foot, the rim bordered with a frieze of pendent ruyi blooms, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark
50.5 cm, 19 7/8 in.
Provenance:
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, Park Lane, London, early 1990s.
Chak’s Co. Ltd, Hong Kong.
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sturdily and robustly potted, the generously proportioned vessel with a circular body rising from a splayed oval foot to a flaring neck flanked by a pair of S-scroll handles rendered in the form of cloud swirls, the substantial vessel superbly painted overall in shaded tones of cobalt blue, each main side centred with a medallion enclosing a shou character rendered in angular scrollwork, surrounded by eight radiating spokes alternating with eight lobed cartouches, each enclosing a beribboned anbaxian emblem, all encircled by a further circular key-fret band, the main sides interrupted by cloud scrolls and soaring bats painted to the rounded sides, neck and foot, the rim bordered with a frieze of pendent ruyi blooms, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark
50.5 cm, 19 7/8 in.
Provenance:
Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair, Park Lane, London, early 1990s.
Chak’s Co. Ltd, Hong Kong.
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