A Porcelain Longquan Cong Vase ( 8.7 x 8.7 x 22.5cm) British collector Donald Ratcliffe practiced medicine in China from 1905 to 1911, and therefore enjoyed collecting Chinese antiques.The sturdily potted vase is of square section with four rectangular facets, each moulded with alternating long and short horizontal ribs along the outer edges, leaving the central vertical panel undecorated. It is covered with an unctuous sea-green glaze thinning on the raised designs