An 'eight trigrams' square vase, cong - Guangxu six-character mark and of the period

Of archaistic cong form, standing on a short cylindrical foot, the four sides moulded with eight trigrams in groups of four horizontal ribs, all under a pale celadon glaze. 27.2cm (10¾in) high. Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000

Footnote: A very similar vase but with a Xuantong mark in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated by H.A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19th and 20th centuries, Lochem, 1977, pl.111.

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