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A CELADON-GLAZED ‘EIGHT TRIGRAMS’
SQUARE VASE, CONG
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period
The square section vase moulded with the
ba gua to each facet, with a short neck with
a rolled mouth rim, raised on a slightly flared
foot, all covered with an even pea-green
glaze.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high
£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000 HK$39,000 - 59,000
A very similar vase but with a Xuantong mark
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is
illustrated in H.A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain
of the 19th and 20th centuries, Lochem,
1977, pl.111.
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