AN ARCHAISTIC JADE VASE, FANGGU SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG |

of rectangular section, the bulbous section rising from a tall splayed foot to a trumpet neck, each face set with vertical flanges, the middle section worked in shallow relief with stylised taotie masks, below stylised plantain lappets around the neck, the stone of a greyish-brown tone with darker veins, incised with a horizontal six-character seal mark to the interior of the flared foot