A WHITE JADE PEAR-SHAPED VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

the ovoid body carved in low-relief with a wide register around the belly containing interlinking C-shaped dragons forming a scroll centred on a small taotie mask, all reserved on a leiwen ground, below a narrow band around the neck carved with mallow flowers, the neck flanked by a pair of ruyi head loop handles securing loose rings, all surmounted by a domed cover with a lappet rim and a floret finial, the white stone with shades of celadon and grey and russet inclusions