A White Jade 'Beast Mask' Handled Vase Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

of compressed form, the ovoid body supported on a pedestal foot and rising to a slender waisted neck and lipped rim, the neck flanked by a pair of opposing archaistic kui dragons carved in openwork, the body carved in low relief with a taotie mask band, below a band of upright stylised cicada leaves below the neck and pendent leaves alternating with trefoil motifs, the stone of a grey-tinged pale-celadon tone with white streaks near the bottom, wood stand

The overall condition is good. The vase is enlarged and paler in the catalogue illustration.
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