清乾隆 霽藍釉象耳琮式瓶 《大清乾隆年製》款

of archaistic cong form, raised on a circular foot with a pair of elephant-head handles suspending fixed rings on the straight sides, covered overall save for the foot rim with a thick blue glaze mottled with dark blue flecks and thinning to white along the edges, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character seal mark, wood stand

There is a stabilised crack with minor losses across a quarter of the footring which does not affect the structure of the vase. There is also light surface wear to the glaze.
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