An Imperial celadon glazed garlic head bottle vase (suantouping), the globular body finely carved with scrolling lotus flowers with feathery foliage above a band of ruyi lappets at the foot. The waisted neck encircled by a petal border bound by a raised rib. The bulbous mouth with lotus scrolls and feathery foliage below the slightly upraised lip. The elegantly arched ruyi head scepter-shaped handles emanating from the bulbous head surmounted by applied ruyi heads terminate in finely carved pendant bats.  The vase is glazed in a soft sea foam celadon hue to the body and base. On the bottom in underglaze blue written in zhuanshu script is the mark and period of Qianlong. There is a nearly identical vase from the Wah Kwong Collection that was exhibited in 1974 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong differing only in that it is covered with a sky blue (clair de lune) glaze.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 乾隆 Qianlong Period (1736-1795)
Height:  9 1/4" (23.5cm)
Provenance:  Vermeer & Griggs Collection No. 495
Condition: Excellent, two firing cracks at the mouth rim.
Please refer to item #CE-334-495 when inquiring.