A rare white jade miniature vase and cover, Qing dynasty | 清 白玉雕仿古饕餮紋小蓋瓶

A rare white jade miniature vase and cover

Qing dynasty

清 白玉雕仿古饕餮紋小蓋瓶

designed as an inro of flattened archaic bronze zhi form with a waisted foot and miniature lug handles along the narrow sides for suspension, each broad side carved in low relief with a taotie mask with elongated almond-shaped eyes, curling eyebrows and a ruyi-shaped nose against a diaper ground, between registers of keyfret and whorl-shaped bosses, the cover with a chilong-form knop (2)

Height 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm