The hexagonal-sectioned body supported on a short foot, gently curving at the shoulders to a flared neck, flanked by four animal-mask handles, each suspending a loose ring now missing, the hexagonal cover surmounted by a finial of conforming shape. The body in good conditions with a small flow but a few minor flakes and chips on the rim and on the cover and few parts missing.16 cm high, 6 cm wideA ROCK CRYSTAL VASE AND COVER, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURYProvenance: from the private collection of a gentleman in Rome and thence by descentPurchased at Gioielleria Cavalleri, Milan, 1974