SACRIFICIAL BLUE-GLAZED 'CONG' VASE WITH ELEPHANT HEAD HANDLES AND 'SANCAI' PAINTING China, underglaze blue Guangxu six-character seal mark and period H. 31,5 cm On the blue background, each side with an archaic ritual bronze in sancai glaze and inscription in gold (mostly rubbed off). Transparent glazing inside and bottom. Formerly from an old German private collection, collected in the 1990s For a counterpart cf. Zhang Weihong/Chen Zhaoxia: Porcelains of Blue-glazed Collected at Wuhan Museum, in 'Collectors', vol. 5, 2013, Beijing Crack and chip at the neck, sligthy chipped and minor rest.