A BLUE AND WHITE 'BAGUA' CONG VASE, QING DYNASTY China, 19^th century. Each side of the lozenge-shaped vessel is painted in underglaze blue with bagua (trigram) and yin-yang symbols reserved on a diapered ground consisting of hexagonal cells with spirals. The neck with a ruyi, key-fret, and scroll design, and with a key-fret border above the foot. The edges armored with raised flanges.

Provenance: British trade. A book on a collection of Indian, Chinese and Japanese art, titled 'Cimeli d'oriente' (Relics of the East) by Dr. Ezzelino Magli, Bologna 1935, was found inside the vase and accompanies this lot. It was probably associated with the present lot at some point in the past, because of its content related to the Bagua trigrams.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear, some firing flaws, a hole drilled to the base, and several glaze flakes.

Weight: 2,621 g
Dimensions: Height 27.5 cm

Bagua, or the Eight Trigrams, is a symbol consisting of eight areas, connecting two neighboring corners of an octagonal trigram towards the center to form one gua. The center contains a yin and yang symbol. In Feng Shui, the Bagua map is used to stabilize, protect, adjust, or restore balance by analyzing and structuring any given space. Each section of the space is believed to relate to various aspects of life and is divided into categories concerning physical and emotional aspects of life such as family and career.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Near identical
Auction: Christie's London, 19 February 2013, lot 3
Price: GBP 1,375 or approx. EUR 2,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A Chinese blue and white lozenge-shaped vase, 19^th century.


清代青花八卦紋菱形琮式瓶
中國 ，十九世紀。瓶呈菱形琮式，四壁青花錦地，上下飾凸起八卦紋，中間飾雙魚太極圖，口沿及近圈足飾雷紋與如意紋。

來源：英國古玩交易市場。瓶内找到一本書，作者為. Ezzelino Magli博士，1935年出版於意大利博洛尼亞，書名為 A book on a collection of Indian, Chinese and Japanese art, titled 'Cimeli d'oriente' (Relics of the East)。書内有介紹了八卦，因此可能與當時的藏家有關。
品相：品相良好，輕微磨損，一些燒製瑕疵，底部鉆孔，釉面局部開片。

重量：2,621 克
尺寸：高27.5 厘米

拍賣結果比較：
形制：近乎相同
拍賣：倫敦佳士得， 2013年2月19日, lot 3
價格：GBP 1,375（相當於今日EUR 2,000）
描述：十九世紀青花菱形瓶