A celadon-glazed drum-shaped vase, Qianlong seal mark and period | 清乾隆 粉青釉鋪首耳鼓式罐 《大清乾隆年製》款

A celadon-glazed drum-shaped vase

Qianlong seal mark and period

清乾隆 粉青釉鋪首耳鼓式罐

《大清乾隆年製》款

the ovoid body rising to a slightly incurved mouth rim, elegantly molded with two taotie mask handles suspending mock rings between broad raised bands around the base and rim studded with bosses, covered overall with an even pale celadon glaze and thinning to white on the raised elements and rim, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue

Height 6 ½ in., 16.5 cm