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A BLUE-GLAZED SQUARE VASE, CONG A RARE TURQUOISE-GLAZED PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Guangxu six-character mark and of the period Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Modelled after an archaic jade prototype, the square body rising from The compressed globular body supported on a short spreading foot,
a short circular foot to a short tapering neck, the rectangular sides rising to a long waisted neck flaring at the rim, covered in a lustrous
applied with a pair of elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, turquoise-blue glaze with fine ‘snake-skin’ crackle.
covered overall in a thick and rich purplish-blue glaze. 22.5cm (8 7/8in) high.
29.5cm (11 7/16in) high.
£5,000 - 8,000 £15,000 - 20,000
CNY 135,000 - 181,000
CNY45,000 - 72,000
清光緒 霽藍釉象耳琮式瓶 清乾隆 孔雀藍釉長頸瓶
墨彩「大清光緒年製」楷書款 「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

Provenance: a Portuguese private collection, and thence by descent

來源：葡萄牙私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a very similar blue-glazed cong vase, Guangxu mark
and of the period, illustrated in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official
Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p.483.

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50 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.