Lot Essay
A Jiaqing example in the National Palace Museum collection, Taibei, was included in the exhibition Monochrome Porcelain of the Ch'ing Dynasty, illustrated in the Catalogue no. 55.
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A FINE BLUE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, CONG
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rectangular body of archaistic form with characteristic circular foot ring and mouth rim, applied with a pair of moulded elephant-heads, each suspending a mock ring-handle, with exception to the foot ring covered in a lustrous, dark violet-blue glaze, paling to a lighter blue on extremities
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high, wood stand
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rectangular body of archaistic form with characteristic circular foot ring and mouth rim, applied with a pair of moulded elephant-heads, each suspending a mock ring-handle, with exception to the foot ring covered in a lustrous, dark violet-blue glaze, paling to a lighter blue on extremities
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high, wood stand