| 单词 | moon flask |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoon flask moon flask n. [after Chinese bàoyuè píng, lit. ‘moon-embracing flask’ or bǎoyuè píng, lit. ‘precious moon flask’] chiefly historical a type of ceramic bottle with a flattened circular body and rounded handles on either side of the neck, made in China from the 15th cent.; cf. pilgrim's bottle n. at pilgrim n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > flask, flagon, or bottle > [noun] > flask > other types of flask bombolo1840 lekythos1851 moon flask1974 1927 W. B. Honey Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain App. B. 82 The flat-sided vase..sometimes known as a pilgrim's bottle, is to the Chinese also known as pao yüeh p'ing (full-moon vase). 1945 W. B. Honey Ceramic Art of China 112 Some of the finest specimens in this Hsiian Tê manner are of the ‘pilgrim-bottle’ shape—the ‘precious-moon flask’ of the Chinese.] 1974 Times 26 Oct. 16/4 A fifteenth-century Chinese blue and white moon flask, just under 10 in high, was sold for £165,757..yesterday. 1989 Independent 18 Jan. 3/4 Top price was £294,607..for a 10 in early Ming dynasty..double-gourd moon flask. 2009 R. Krahl & J. Harrison-Hall Chinese Ceramics (Brit. Museum) 84 (caption) Moon flask with pairs of birds on flowering branches Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province. < as lemmas |
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