#5 Pink-enamelled blue and white moonflask – $15.1 million
Just a little over the $15 Million mark we’ve got another vessel like item which seem to be the ones grabbing the big numbers at premium auctions!
This antique moonflask contains the Qianlong 6-character mark. The mark dates the moonflask to 1736 – 1795.
The item is 48.9 cm high, and has 2 phoenix and a flaming pearl, all in pink enamel.
The shape shows that the moonflask has a 15th century style. An identical object can be found at the Matsuoka Art Museum in Tokyo.
In 1987, the moonflask was sold at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong.
Up next is the oldest item on our list:
