Lot 1110. A celadon-glazed 'bagua' vase (cong), Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908). Height 10 1/2 in., 26.7 cm. Estimate $4,000 - $6,000. Sold: $5,000. © Sotheby's
the body of square section rising from a short straight circular foot to a tapering circular neck with a lipped rim, molded with the 'Eight Trigrams' to each of the four sides, covered overall in a lustrous celadon glaze, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue.
Provenance: Acquired in the 1940s, and thence by descent.
Sotheby's. Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, New York, 18 March 2017