An unusual blue and white quatrefoil moonflask Qing dynasty, Qianlong period

the body of quatrelobed form, raised on a quatrefoil section base and surmounted by a waisted quatrefoil neck, the shoulders flanked by two bracket handles, the exterior painted in varying tones of cobalt-blue, each side of the main body with a classic scroll border of conforming shape enclosing lotus blooms on a composite leafy scroll, the sides with leafy lingzhi stems, the neck with a lotus flower to front and back, the foot with leafy scrolls

Christie's London, 18th June 2002, lot 194.