A CHINESE FLAMBE GLAZED GARLIC MOUTH VASE

18TH CENTURY

The compressed globular body rising from a slightly spreading foot, to a slender neck surmounted by a garlic-head mouth and thin lip, covered with a sang de boeuf glaze, with lilac and lavender streaks drizzling down from the beige-coloured rim, the base with a thin cafe-au-lait glaze, 36.2cm.