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

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

• Image Number: C1B000139N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Cong shaped bottle, porcelain body, round mouth, short straight neck, flat shoulder, square straight long abdomen, round short circle foot, with two animal heads and ring ears on both sides. The whole vessel is shaped like a jade cong, with an inner circle and an outer square. The whole vessel is finished with blue glaze, which is dark blue, and the glaze color is even and flat. The bottom edge of the circle foot is exposed, and the fetal mass is dense and white. The bottom is Ji celadon glaze, and the three lines of blue seal script made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty are stenciled.