California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 December 14, 2019  December 14, 2019

 Lot # 284 
A BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASK VASE    青花八吉祥紋抱月瓶


  • Dimension: H: 10 1/4 in (26 cm) W: 7 7/8 in (20 cm)
  • Estimate From: $200
  • Estimate To: $400

The vase is decorated in rich underglaze blue with simulated 'heaping and piling' on the convex sides with eight petals enclosing the bajixiang (Eight Buddhist Emblems) radiating from a central boss decorated with a flower head, on the narrow sides with a band of stylized lotus scroll, and with lingzhi scroll on the slightly spreading rectangle foot and on the neck between the pair of blue-glazed, leaf-scroll handles below a bow-string border and a band of key fret at the rim.