A Blue and White Garlic-Neck Bottle Vase

An Archaistic Blue and White Garlic-Neck Bottle Vase, of compressed globular form rising to a tall neck with a garlic-shaped mouth, supported on a splayed foot, the body painted with four taotie masks, four ruyi-heads around the shoulder and rings around the foot, with four cicada blades below the lipped rim, probably Kangxi period (1662-1722), height c. 22 cm, wear, firing defects, loss of glaze at the base

Compare with a similar vase sold at Christie´s, South Kensington, London, 10 November 2006, lot 327