Cong-shaped vase with appliqued elephant masks in cobalt blue glaze, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Cong-shaped vase with appliqued elephant masks in cobalt blue glaze, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B003155N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: furnishings
• Description:
  It is shaped like a jade cong, round in the middle and square in the outside, with a slightly rounded mouth, flat shoulders, square body, deep and straight abdomen, round feet, and a pair of rings like ears. The whole body is decorated with blue glaze, and the color is bright indigo. The white body is exposed at the foot circle, and the blue and white script “made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” has three lines and six characters.