A FINE WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD

the elegant body of flattened baluster form rising from a short spreading foot to a waisted neck and everted rim, finely carved around the shoulder with a broad taotie band and set with a pair of stylised dragon handles at the neck, the domed cover surmounted by a lotus-bud finial, the stone of very pale celadon-white tone