Lot 158. A celadon-glazed drum-shaped vase, Qianlong seal mark and period (1736-1795). Height 6 ½ in., 16.5 cm. Estimate: 12,000 - 15,000 USD. Lot sold: 27,720 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's.

the ovoid body rising to a slightly incurved mouth rim, elegantly molded with two taotie mask handles suspending mock rings between broad raised bands around the base and rim studded with bosses, covered overall with an even pale celadon glaze and thinning to white on the raised elements and rim, the base with a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, New York, 17 march 2021