94. * PETIT VASE ARCHAÏSANT EN JADE VERT ÉPINARD SCULPTÉ Époque Qianlong (1736-1795) A SMALL ARCHAISTIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE VASE, FANGHU Qianlong period Of square section raised on a spreading foot, finely carved on each side of the bulbous body in relief with a large taotie mask below a band of pendent plantain leaves, the neck similarly decorated and flanked by a pair of stylised mask handles suspending loose rings, the stone an even deep green tone. 10cm (4in) high. 清乾隆 碧玉雕仿古紋獸首銜環方壺 Compare this vase with a related archaistic spinach-green jade vase hu, bearing a Qianlong fang gu mark, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2010, pl.6. See also a related spinach-green jade hu vase and cover with a Jiaqing fang gu mark, also in the Qing court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995, pl.150.