A carved celadon-glazed 'taotie' hu-form vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青釉刻仿古饕餮紋獸耳尊

A carved celadon-glazed 'taotie' hu-form vase 

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青釉刻仿古饕餮紋獸耳尊

the generously proportioned pear-shaped body supported on a stepped rounded foot and rising to a broad waisted neck and galleried rim, the neck set with a pair of protruding beast mask-form handles, each side of the body carved with a stylized taotie mask reserved against a leiwen ground, the neck carved with a double layer of floriform lappets, all beneath a seafoam-green glaze, the base glazed white

Height 10 ⅜ in., 26.3 cm