A RARE WHITE-GLAZED SOFT PASTE ARCHAISTIC VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD |

the baluster body rising from a recessed spreading foot to a broad round shoulder anda tall waisted neck set with a pair of elephant-head handles, carved and moulded around the body with a wide band of stylised taotie masks between keyfret bands, a band of stylised lotus lappets around the foot, the neck with a band of stylised archaistic dragons below a ruyi band around the neck, covered overall with a crackled ivory-white glaze, the base incised with a six-character seal mark, wood stand

The mouth of this vase has been reduced and polished. There is a crescent-shape loss to the rim (approx. 2 x 0.6 cm), as well as some light surface wear and firing imperfections, including iron spots, firing cracks to the elephant-head handles, chips to the footring and crackles throughout. The actual colour is of a slightly creamier tone than the catalogue illustration.
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Compare a similar vase formerly in the H.O. Havemeyer Collection, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession Number 29.100.279.