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A RARE ‘RU-TYPE’ CONG-SHAPED VASE The present vase appears to follow more closely Ru ceramics rather
Qianlong seal mark and probably of the period than those of Guan or Ge type that are more regularly published.
The heavily potted vessel imitating the archaic jade cong form, Most eighteenth century cong-shaped vases are molded with the
supported on a circular short foot with two pierced apertures, the ‘Eight Trigrams’ design around the entire body, so the unusual
straight sides molded to the corners with raised trigram-like bands, inverted U-shaped design on each facet of the present vessel and the
one side pierced with two pairs of holes, all under an unctuous Ru- additional paired apertures on one side, makes our model quite rare.
type glaze stopping at the dark-dressed foot rim, with an underglaze
blue seal mark. See two comparable Ru-type cong vases of the same size and
11 1/4in (28cm) high design, one sold at Christie’s, Hong Kong, The Imperial Sale, 3 June
2015, lot 3108; and the other at Sotheby’s, Paris, 15 December 2011,
$25,000 - 35,000 lot 98.

或為清乾隆 仿汝窯八卦琮式瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款 An example with a Guan-type glaze was sold at Sotheby’s, Hong
Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 539; and another with a Ge-type glaze was
Such vessels as these are modelled on Song dynasty vases of sold at Christies Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 665.
the same form, which in turn are based on Neolithic jade cong. A
Longquan vase of cong shape dating to the Song dynasty in the Many related examples of cong-shaped vessels molded with the more
Palace Museum is illustrated in Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), The standard trigrams design are published, see, Peter Y.K. Lam, Ethereal
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, Elegance, Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing, The Huaihaitang
1996, pp. 108-109. no. 57. Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007,
pp. 172-173, no. 45; and an another from the Edward T. Chow
Collection, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19 May 1981, lot 503.

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