A very large cloisonné enamel moonflask


JiaqingThe flattened circular vessel decorated to each face in vibrant red, yellow and blue enamels with a large phoenix amongst peony blossoms against a leafy ground, rising to a globular neck flanked with gilt-bronze dragons, raised up on a tall foot rim with a key fret band, carved wood stand.67cm (26 3/8in) high (2).
|Compare with a similarly large cloisonné enamel moonflask, sold in our New Bond Street rooms, 13 May 2010, lot 209. Also see another smaller version sold at Christie's London, 6 November 2009, lot 271.