A CLAIR-DE-LUNE PORCELAIN VASE, China, 20th century

h cm 31,5

Modelled in imitation of a Neolithic jade cong, the square section with four rectangular sides, each moulded with alternating long and short horizontal ribs along the outer edges, leaving the central vertical panel plain. The base bears an apocryphal inscribed mark of the Qianlong Emperor.