A turquoise-glazed 'lantern' vase Qing dynasty, 18th century

of tall ovoid form, rising from the straight foot to the broad high shoulders flanked on each side by two lion-mask handles suspending fixed rings, all below a short waisted neck, covered overall with a brilliant turquoise-blue glaze suffused with a fine network of crackles and pooling in the recesses to a deeper blue tone, Japanese wood box (2)

The vase is in good overall condition and the glaze pools within the well of the loop handles, trickling down the sides. There are firing flaws to one of the loop handles and the adjoining lion mask, causing a split at the ring and between some of the mask and the vase. There are minor surface scratches near the foot and some minor kiln grit at the neck.
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