A CELADON-GLAZED 'TRIGRAM' VASE (CONG) GUANGXU MARK AND PERIOD

each of the straight sides of the archaistic quadrangular form molded with bagua arranged in two columns, applied overall with a pale bluish-celadon glaze, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark

Collection of a United States Army General stationed in China, acquired between 1925 and 1948, and thence by descent.

There is a drilled hole at the base made when the vase was mounted as a lamp. The surface with expected wear and firing imperfections such as glaze gaps.
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