14th Nov, 2025 9:30 GMT/BST
Asian Art
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A Chinese Porcelain Moon Flask, 19th century, with chilong handles, painted in underglaze blue with dignitaries and entertainers in fenced gardens on a lotus scroll ground within formal borders
46cm high
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500
Two short cracks to the right hand side of the top rim. No other cracks or chips and free of repair. Glaze largely in very good order with some iron deposits.
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Auction: Asian Art, 14th Nov, 2025
Coming up in the Autumn Asian Art Sale is a good mix of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and works of art.
Highlights of the sale include a Chinese Flambe-Glazed Bottle Vase, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianglong, and a Chinese Guan-Type Meiping, possibly Ming, both with provenance from renowned Asian art dealer Sydney Moss. Also of interest is a Chinese Porcelain Bottle Vase, with Jiaqing reign mark and probably of the period.
The sale will also offer a private collection of Japanese works of art, featuring such lots as a good Pair of Japanese Bronze and Mixed Metal Vases, Meiji period, decorated with birds, flowers and kanji seal tablets.
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Sunday 9th November - Thursday 13th November 11am-3pm, and morning of the sale from 8am
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