A VERY RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN MOON FLASK 18T...
A VERY RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN MOON FLASK
18TH CENTURY
The moon flask is finely decorated on one side with three monkeys gathering in a pine tree with wasps or bees hovering above, and on the other with two spotted deer standing in grass with the stag gazing above at two birds, all between brightly colored bats on either narrow side. The neck is flanked by flattened loop handles and is decorated with further bats.
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 1984, lot 327.
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A VERY RARE CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN MOON FLASK
18TH CENTURY
The moon flask is finely decorated on one side with three monkeys gathering in a pine tree with wasps or bees hovering above, and on the other with two spotted deer standing in grass with the stag gazing above at two birds, all between brightly colored bats on either narrow side. The neck is flanked by flattened loop handles and is decorated with further bats.
13 ¼ in. (33.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 June 1984, lot 327.
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