A LIME-GREEN-GLAZED CEREMONIAL VESSEL, FU, AND COVER GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD

of rectangular section flanked by loop handles, decorated in archaistic style with scrollwork on the flared foot and sides of the base, the cover with a moulded qilong on one side and inscribed bao fu 'precious fu vessel' on the other, applied overall with a pale yellow-green glaze, the underside with a central rectangle reserved in white inscribed with the six-character mark in underglaze-blue

A similar yellow-glazed vessel sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 26th October, 1993, lot 124.