Description: 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