A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED CONG-FORM VASE

A GILT-DECORATED BLUE-GLAZED CONG-FORM VASE
GUANGXU SIX-CHARACTER GILT MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1875-1908)
Of square section, the sides are molded with the Eight Trigrams (bagua) highlighted in russet-brown outline and gilding and the flat shoulder is decorated in gilding at each corner with a butterfly below a ruyi band on the neck, all on a ground of rich powder-blue color that also covers the base and interior.
10 7/8 in. (27.7 cm.) high, box