QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINE BLUE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, CONG
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK 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, covered in a lustrous, dark violet-blue glaze, thinning to a lighter blue on extremities
11 1/2 in. (29.5 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

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Lot Essay

A Qianlong-marked blue-glazed cong vase of approximately the same size in the National Palace Museum Collection, Taipei was included in the National Palace Museum Exhibition of Qing Monochromes, Taipei, 1981, Catalogue no. 55.

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