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A Chinese cloisonne moon flask (Bian Hu), Qing Dynasty…
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Melbourne
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25-Oct-2015
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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, 45 cm 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.
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Oriental: Cloisonne