A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC HANDLED VASE AND COVER QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD |

of archaistic you form, the flattened pear-shaped body rising from a stepped oval foot to a waisted neck with an everted rim, flanked by a pair of scroll loop handles interlinked with a curved upright handle, the body finely worked in shallow relief with stylised masks and archaistic scrolls below pendent cicada lappets, bordered by key-fret bands around the rims and foot, the domed cover surmounted by an oval ropetwist finial, the stone of an even white tone