*A RARE CHINESE GE TYPE CONG

SIX CHARACTER QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

The archaistic body moulded in shallow relief with trigrams to the corners, beneath a thick pale grey glaze with dark grey crackles throughout, one side pierced with two pairs of small circular holes, possibly for suspension, the splayed foot with two slotted apertures, 29cm.

Cf. P Lam, Ethereal Elegance: Porcelain Vases of the Imperial Qing: The Huaihaitang Collection, Hong Kong, no.45. See also Christie's Hong Kong, 29th April 2002, lot 665.