A ROCK CRYSTAL VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

elegantly carved with a slender ovoid body rising to a waisted neck and flanged rim, set with two mythical animals head-handles issuing slender handles, the tightly fit domed cover surmonted by a raised knob, the transparent stone picked out with a few natural inclusions, predominantly near the base, wood stand