A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BAJIXIANG’ MOONFLASKQIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)The moonflask is finely painted on the front and back in underglaze blue with eight lotus petal-shaped panels, each enclosing one of the bajixiang, Eight Buddhist Emblems, radiating from a central raised boss decorated with a stylised flower-head and divided by key-fret and lappet bands. The narrow sides are decorated with a band of stylised lotus scroll. The neck, flanked by a pair of scroll handles, is painted with lingzhi scroll and with a key-fret band at the rim, which is similarly repeated on the slightly spreading foot.19 1/2 in. (49.8 cm.) high