A RARE CELADON-GLAZED SQUARE-SECTION VASE

A RARE CELADON-GLAZED SQUARE-SECTION VASE

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

The vase is potted with a square mid-section with sides flaring up to an angled shoulder, surmounted by a trumpeting square neck below a galleried rim, supported on a spreading square foot. It is covered overall with an even glaze of pale celadon tone, with the exception of the biscuit foot revealing the white body.

12 in. (30.5 cm.) high