468 - A Chinese celadon moulded trigrams vase

A Chinese celadon moulded trigrams vase Qing dynasty, 19th century, apocryphal Qianlong mark Of flattened form rising from splayed foot to everted rim in the form of a quatrefoil, flanked by a pair of chilong handles to the neck, moulded to the front and back with eight trigrams containing yin-yang fish to the centre, base with impressed six-character seal mark within a square,33cm high. Provenance: previous collection of Maurice Collis. 清十九世紀 青釉模印八卦紋雙耳瓶，模印篆書「大清乾隆年製」寄託款 來源：Maurice Collis舊藏。 Maurice Stewart Collis (1889–1973) was a British colonial administrator who served in Burma (now Myanmar) during the period of British rule. After leaving the colonial service, he became a writer and historian, producing works on Southeast Asia, China, and a range of other historical subjects. 莫里斯・斯圖爾特・科利斯（Maurice Stewart Collis，1889–1973）是一位英國殖民地行政官員，曾於英國統治時期在緬甸（今緬甸聯邦）任職。離開殖民地行政部門後，他轉而從事寫作與歷史研究，著有多部探討東南亞、中國及其他歷史主題的作品。