VASE EN PORCELAINE EMAILLEE BLEU, CONG

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN CACHET BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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VASE EN PORCELAINE EMAILLEE BLEU, CONG
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES EN CACHET BLEU SOUS COUVERTE ET EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
The rectangular body of archaistic form with characteristic circular foot ring and mouth rim, applied with a pair of moulded elephant-head handles with suspended rings, with exception to the foot ring covered in a lustrous, dark violet-blue glaze, paling to a lighter blue on extremities.
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

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A BLUE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, CONG
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

The form of the present vase is derived from archaic jades of square form, known as cong. Ceramic examples of this form appear throughout the Qing dynasty. A similar vase was exhibited in A Special Exhibition of Qing Monochrome Glaze Porcelain, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1981, p. 91, no. 55. See another Qianlong marked cong-shaped vase sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 30 May 2006, lot 1379.

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