10/01/2026
๐Leading our upcoming China Guardian Hong Kong Autumn Auctions 2026 is a magnificent moon flask, representing the absolute pinnacle of Qing imperial ceramic artistry and distinguished private provenance.
๐๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ง-๐๐ฅ๐๐ณ๐๐ โ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐จ๐งโ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ง ๐
๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ค, ๐๐๐จ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ฑ-๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ (๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐) ๆธ
ไนพ้ ็ฒ้้ๆตฎ้ๆตทๆฐด็ซ้พ็ด้่ณๆฑๆ็ถ
๐๐ข๐ณ๐: ๐๐ ๐๐ฆ (๐ ๐/๐ ๐ข๐ง) ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก
๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ไผฐๅนๅพ
่ฉข
Beneath the translucent ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ glaze, five-clawed dragons rise through crashing waves and auspicious clouds, their powerful forms articulated through finely carved low relief.
Known in Qing records as โGonghuaโ, this technique allows the glaze to flow naturally across the raised decoration, creating subtle variations of tone and depth.
It was in the collection of Earl and Irene Morse, one of the most important American private collections of Chinese ceramics of the 20th century, and was exhibited at the China Institute in New York in 1972.
Few comparable examples are known, and no identical example has been identified in major public or private collections. It offers a rare glimpse into the Qianlong imperial kilnโs pursuit of innovation through the revival of classical forms.
