清 白玉仿古獸面紋活環耳瓶

of flattened archaistic hu form, the elegant curved body finely carved rising from a short foot to a straight neck, the neck flanked by a pair of angular loop handles suspending a loose ring, the body bordered in low relief with stylised mythical beast masks between two raised fillets enclosing ‘horse-hoof’ motifs, all below a key-fret border encircling the mouthrim, the well-fitted bell-shaped cover similarly decorated with stylised mythical beast masks above a key-fret band and surmounted by a domed finial, the stone of an even pale celadon-white colour, wood stand

There is an area of unevenness measuring 0.7cm in the interior of the cover, but otherwise the vase and cover are in good condition. Colour is accurate
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