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

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.