• Dimension: Height: 13 1/2 in (34.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $3500
• Estimate To: $5500

Qing Dynasty period. The vase of bulbous square section raised on a tall spreading foot, boldly carved on each side of the body with a large taotie mask, below a wide band of pendent leaves, with stylised mask handles suspending loose rings on the neck, the stone of an even deep green tone, carved wood stand. Compare a related archaistic spinach-green jade hu, Qianlong fang gu mark and of the period, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, pl.6. See also a related spinach-green jade hu vase and cover, Jiaqing fang gu mark and period, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl.150.

壺碧玉質，質地細膩，碧綠之色凝脂均勻，瑩潤有光，尤顯尊貴。方直口，束頸，斜肩，方腹弧壁，外撇方圈足，頸部設對稱活環耳。口緣外陰刻一匝方雷紋，頸部中間隱起一道寬帶紋，內琢刻菱格紋、迴紋與勾雲紋等紋飾，寬帶上下浮雕俯仰蕉葉紋。腹壁高浮雕形象獰奇的饕餮紋，近足處高浮雕一圈如意云紋。下承外撇圈足，光素無紋，具有法度森嚴之感。