A blue glazed 'cong formed' vase, Qing dynasty, Guangxu mark and period (1875-1908).
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The vase is flanked by a pair of molded elephant-head-handles suspending fixed rings and is covered overall with a lustrous, deep sapphire-blue glaze thinning slightly on the edges. Height 28.5 cm.
Provenance
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Sothebys, November 16th 1999, Sale 3914, lot no 151.
Exhibitions
Compare with a similar vase sold at Christies, 24–25 march 2022, Live Auction 20594, Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 1132.
Compare also with one sold at, The Hundred Antiques: Fine and Decorative Asian Art, 24 March 2021, New York, lot no 524.