A LARGE YELLOW GROUND FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN ‘PALACE SCENE AND WARRIOR’ MOONFLASK, BIANHU China, Late Qing Dynasty, Late 19th century Raised on a high foot, with a round flat body and a tubular neck applied with two ‘buttefly’ handles. The body adorned with lotus scrolls against a yellow ground. With two reserved medallions, one adorned with a palace scene, the other one adorned with warriors / horse riders. The base inscribed with a four-character cobalt blue apocryphal mark of Emperor Kangxi. H: 44,9 cm

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