Chinese Blue & White Porcelain Moon Flask with Agricultural Scene
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Magnificent Chinese blue & white porcelain moon flask, of compressed spherical form, the flared cylindrical neck flanked by twin stylised upside down fish handles, the body finely decorated to either side with large central roundel depicting an agricultural scene with farmer leading an oxen before a river landscape, the sides featuring a ground of stylised peony heads and shou symbols suspending chimes amongst foliate scrolls, with ruyi head borders to the foot and lip, six character mark to base, height 59 cm
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- Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
- Roundel - A roundel is a circular disk, medallion or border on a plate or dish, on an object of furniture. A plate or dish will often have a central circular bordered decoration, termed a roundel. In furniture the word is often used instead of the word 'patera' to describe a turned circular decoration. In recent times use of the word has expanded to encompass any circular area on an object.
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