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A cloisonne enamel 'peony' moon flask late Qing dynasty, the…
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Sydney
Date:
20-Mar-2019
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A cloisonne enamel 'peony' moon flask late Qing dynasty, the flattened globular body supported on a slightly splayed foot encircled with a key-fret border, decorated overall with full bloomed peony flowers in various colours among dense green foliage growing from a grassy bank with further flowering plants and lingzhi shoots, all reserved on the turquoise ground, the bulbous neck flanked by two dragon form handles, 37.5 cm high. Provenance: Emilia Stella, Milan, Italy, Important Chinese Art and a Private Collection of Chinese, European Art and Antiques, Mossgreen, Melbourne, 22 November 2011, lot 628. Private Collection Sydney. Other Notes: A larger moon flask with similar decoration from the Collection of Baron Antoine Allard, sold Arts d'Asie, Sotheby's, Paris, 10 June 2014, lot 74, another sold Rivers of Colour: Cloisonne Enamels from Private American Collections, Christie's, New York, 8 September 2014, lot 640
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Category:
Oriental: Cloisonne