A CHINESE UNDER GLAZE BLUE AND WHITE MOON FLASK
The full-bodied swelling flask with a flattened globular body of elongated section, surmounted by a slender cylindrical neck flanked by two scroll handles and resting on a slightly concave flat base, painted on either side of the body with arrangements of blossoming flowers, with carnations on one side and asters on the other, all between lotus-lappet borders encircling the foot and shoulder, the neck with a band of over-lapping lappets, the handles with a scroll outlining the sides. The base unglazed.

Origin: China

Period: Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Sizes: 25.50 cm. H
10.04 in. H