Lot 36. A fine ru-type cong, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795); 28.7cm., 11 ¼in. Estimate 15,000—20,000 GBP. Lot sold 92,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby’s

of square section with straight sides rising from a spreading foot to a short waisted neck, moulded on each side with the bagua (Eight Trigrams) arranged into two columns, covered overall in a crackled greyish-blue glaze stopping at the footring to reveal the brown body, the base inscribed with a six-character seal mark.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 27th/28th April 1993, lot 92.