CHINE - Epoque QIANLONG (1736 - 1795) - Lot 59

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CHINE - Epoque QIANLONG (1736 - 1795) - Lot 59
CHINE - Epoque QIANLONG (1736 - 1795) NO LIVE BIDDING ON THIS LOT - NO LIVE BIDDING ON THIS LOT A bianhu style porcelain moon flask decorated in blue under a cover of stylized lotus flowers in their foliage. The shoulder is decorated with a frieze of lingzhi topped with banana leaves, the neck decorated with longevity mushrooms and a spearhead frieze. The two stylised chilong-shaped handles. H. 34.5 cm. This lenticular-shaped flask is topped by a cylindrical neck flanked by two small moulded handles of stylised archaic chilong and lingzhi, the base concave and unglazed. Designated in Chinese by "bianhu", "边葫", pilgrim's gourd, or "yueping", "月瓶", a moon-shaped bottle. During the Ming Dynasty, this form was intended for trade with the Near East. Similar references: Musée de la Céramique de Sèvres. - La Céramique Chinoise Ancienne, by Alexandre Hougron, les éditions de l'amateur, JNF productions, 2015, p 221. - The Tsui Museum of Art: Chinese Ceramics IV, Qing Dynasty, byYang Boda, Hong Kong, 1995, no.74. CHINA - QIANLONG Period (1736 - 1795) Bianhu blue and white porcelain gourd, adorned with stylized lotus flowers and foliage. The shoulder adorned with a scroll of lingzhi and banana leaves, the neck with mushrooms and lancets, the handles shaped as stylized chilong. 清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮雙螭耳扁瓶 This type of piriform model of wine pot, known as an ewer the beak connected to the neck by a polylobed bridge and ear handle on the opposite side, in blue-white porcelain, appears during the Yongle period (1403-1425). It is inspired by models originally made of metal resulting from mutual influences and exchanges between China and the Middle East. During Yongle's reign, the decorations are varied, but peach and pipa adornments are recurrent and persistent during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is ornamented in blue with various motifs, including peaches and a branch of medlar (Pipa) fruit, a popular subject du
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