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Moon-shaped flask with birds

This moon flask has a flattened round body, tubular neck and cloud scroll handles. Its design is centuries old and refers to the porcelain bian hu first made at Jingdezhen for the Yongle emperor (AD 1403—24), but its decoration in terms of colours and technical skill is an innovation made during the Yongzheng period.

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