This blue-enamelled white porcelain flask is as imposing for its size – 50.3 cm – as for its imperial origin, which quickly pushed up the bidding.
China, Qianlong period (1736-1795), bianhu flask in white porcelain with blue enamel under the glaze, Qianlong’s mark in six zhuanshu characters in blue under the glaze, height 50.3 cm.
Result: €4,937,200.