Chinese Qianlong Style Monochrome Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Moon Flask中国乾隆风格单色松石蓝釉瓷抱月瓶
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Here we have a striking Chinese Qianlong Style Monochrome Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Moon Flask — the kind of object designed to stop you in your tracks with color alone. The flattened form, twin loop handles, and coiling dragon all quote the language of Qing imperial ceramics, especially those made for display rather than daily use.
The base bears a seal-script Qianlong mark, translated as 'Made in the Qianlong period of the Great Qing.' Now, that sounds grand — and deliberately so. But in Chinese ceramics, marks are often the first place enthusiasm should slow down. This category is flooded with later copies, and this one raises several familiar alarms.
The porcelain is crisply molded with a dragon in unusually even relief, the glaze is bright and uniform, and the whole surface feels a touch too pristine, too controlled, too modern. The footrim and recessed base also lack the subtle wear and kiln character one hopes to see on a true 18th-century imperial object. In short: handsome, decorative, but not persuasive as period Qianlong.
Condition appears excellent from the photographs, with no obvious chips or cracks visible. That helps display value, though not authenticity.
So my authenticity score lands at 18%. Auction-wise, as a modern reproduction I would place it around $200 to $600. If it were genuinely Qianlong imperial, we would be discussing a radically different universe — perhaps $80,000 to $250,000 or more. A beautiful cautionary tale in blue.
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Item Report
Chinese Qianlong Style Monochrome Turquoise-Glazed Porcelain Moon Flask
Condition:Excellent (modern decorative piece, no major visible damage in photos)
Value:As a reproduction: $200-$600 auction estimate. If authentic 18th-century imperial period: $80,000-$250,000+ auction estimate, with a very large value gap reflecting the prevalence of later copies.
Maker's Marks / Writing:Recessed seal-script base mark reading '大清乾隆年制' (Da Qing Qianlong Nian Zhi / Made in the Qianlong period of the Great Qing). Likely apocryphal.
Date:2026-03-22 01:30:45.371943
Description:
A flattened moon flask with twin loop handles at the neck, molded in high relief with a five-clawed dragon amid clouds and waves, covered in a vivid monochrome turquoise-blue glaze. The recessed base bears a seal-script Qianlong mark, but the highly uniform molding, bright surface, and overall presentation suggest a later decorative reproduction rather than an 18th-century imperial period example.
一件扁圆形抱月瓶，颈部饰双耳，器身高浮雕五爪龙穿行于云气与海水纹之间，通体施鲜艳单色松石蓝釉。底部凹足内见篆书“乾隆年制”款，但其模印过于均一、表面光泽鲜亮且整体观感偏新，更像后期装饰性仿品，而非十八世纪御制时期真品。
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Assessment:
This appears to be a modern Chinese decorative porcelain moon flask in Qianlong style, not a convincing Qianlong period imperial piece. The seal mark likely reads 'Da Qing Qianlong Nian Zhi' (Made in the Qianlong period of the Great Qing), but the mark should be treated as apocryphal here. Fakery check: the dragon relief is mechanically even, the glaze is unusually bright and consistent, the handles and molded contours look factory-clean, and the base rim lacks the organic kiln wear and foot treatment expected on an 18th-century example. A word about copies.. Chinese imperial-mark porcelains are among the most frequently reproduced categories in the market, and turquoise monochrome dragon vessels with Qianlong marks are especially common as late 20th-century revival pieces.
此件应为现代中国乾隆风格装饰性瓷抱月瓶，并非可信的乾隆御制时期真品。底款应为“大清乾隆年制”，但在本器上应视为寄托款。作伪核查：龙纹浮雕过于均匀规整，釉色异常鲜亮一致，双耳与模印轮廓带有工厂化整洁感，足缘亦缺乏十八世纪器物应有的自然窑磨痕与胎足处理。A word about copies.. 带帝王年款的中国瓷器是市场上复制最多的门类之一，而此类松石蓝单色釉龙纹并署乾隆款的器物，尤常见于二十世纪末至二十一世纪初的仿古陈设瓷。
Individual Images:
base of moon flask
neck and handles detail
side view moon flask
front moon flask
detail of dragon relief
front moon flask
front moon flask alternate
detail of dragon relief
Provenance:
No provenance documentation shown in the images.
Condition:
Excellent (modern decorative piece, no major visible damage in photos)
Identification Score: 94%
The form, dragon motif, loop handles, monochrome glaze, and seal-script base mark clearly identify this as a Chinese moon flask made in imitation of Qianlong imperial taste, even if authenticity is doubtful.
其器形、龙纹、双耳、单色釉以及篆书底款都清楚表明这是一件仿乾隆宫廷审美的中国抱月瓶，尽管其真实性很可疑。
Authenticity Score: 18%
Low score due to multiple red flags: overly fresh and glossy appearance, highly standardized molded relief, sharp and uniform reign mark presentation, lack of convincing age wear, and a surface character more consistent with modern decorative production than Qing imperial porcelain. The mark translates as 'Made in the Qianlong period of the Great Qing,' but it is almost certainly spurious on this example.
真实性评分较低，原因在于多项警示信号：整体观感过新且过亮，模印浮雕高度标准化，年款书写锐利统一，缺乏可信的自然旧痕，表面气息更接近现代装饰瓷而非清代御瓷。底款可译为“大清乾隆年制”，但在本器上几乎可以肯定属于伪托款。
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Keywords
Chinese porcelain moon flask, Qianlong style, turquoise glaze, dragon relief, seal mark, apocryphal Qianlong mark, China
中国瓷器抱月瓶，乾隆风格，松石蓝釉，龙纹浮雕，篆书款，寄托乾隆款，中国
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