Chinese Celadon Moon Flask , very good condition
50.8cm H
Large Chinese (DouQing) porcelain moon vase.
Thick potted in a flattened round body, tapered gracefully toward narrow straight neck leading to a flat the rim, raised on splayed oval foot base. Two shaped ribbon handles flanked from shoulder to the neck. The decoration produced by carving on the porcelain before glazing and firing in shallow relief of ascending and descending dragons chasing the centralized flaming pearl amidst dense of cresting wavy water diaper. The immaculate porcelain body covered with a characteristic silky glaze, pooling on the base slightly veiling the mark. The shape is uniformly proportioned. The porcelain conformed all required specimen to be high valued Chinese porcelain wares , with finest material, the whiteness, the glaze, the painting, and the shape. The clay is fine and exquisite, the glaze smooth, brilliant with a moist appearance, the finishing meticulous. The moon vase elegantly displayed upon elaborately carved hardwood stand.
CONDITION
Good conditoin. No cracks, no hairline, no damage, no restoration.