A carved celadon-glazed 'taotie' hu-form vase 

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青釉刻仿古饕餮紋獸耳尊

the generously proportioned pear-shaped body supported on a stepped rounded foot and rising to a broad waisted neck and galleried rim, the neck set with a pair of protruding beast mask-form handles, each side of the body carved with a stylized taotie mask reserved against a leiwen ground, the neck carved with a double layer of floriform lappets, all beneath a seafoam-green glaze, the base glazed white

Height 10 ? in., 26.3 cm

Sotheby's London, 12th June 2003, lot 178.

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倫敦蘇富比2003年6月12日，編號178