AN UNUSUAL MINIATURE AMBER VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of miniature ovoid form resting on a short lipped foot and flanked at the shoulders by a pair of animal mask handles, the sides carved in low relief with a frieze of archaistic taotie masks and scrolling designs above a band of lappets, the neck with a band of geometric archaistic motifs, and a classic scroll around the foot, the base carved with the two characters Lu An