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Reverence for the past permeated many aspects of life in China through the Qing dynasty (1644–1911). This ceramic vase expresses this reverence through conscious and meaningful adoption and adaptation of the ancient form of the cong. At the corners appear eight trigrams, symbols of the eight elements.
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