20 juillet 2016
A blue-glazed square vase, cong, Mark and period of Guangxu (1875-1908)
Lot 425. A blue-glazed square vase, cong, Mark and period of Guangxu (1875-1908). Estimate 70,000 — 100,000 HKD. Unsold. Photo: Sotheby's
of archaic cong form, the tall rectangular body rising from a broad circular base to a short tapered neck with a rounded rim, set on two sides with elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings, covered overall save for the foot rim with an thick unctuous purplish-blue glaze thinning to white along the edges, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark; 29 cm., 11 3/8 in.
Sotheby's. Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 03 Dec 2015
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