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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A BLUE-GLAZED CONG-FORM VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL
MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND
OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The sturdily potted vase of square section is
applied with a pair of molded elephant-head
handles suspending fxed rings, and is covered
with a lustrous dark violet-blue glaze paling to a
lighter blue on the edges.
11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) high

$20,000-30,000

The form of the present vase is derived from
archaic jades of square form, known as cong.
The form became popular for monochrome
ceramic vases during the Qing dynasty. See, for
example, a similar vase in the National Palace
Museum illustrated in A Special Exhibition of Qing
Monochrome Glaze Porcelain, Taipei, 1981, no. 55.
清乾隆 祭藍釉象耳琮瓶 六字篆書款

(mark)

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