The Zun vase is of globular form, body glazed in tea dust color tone, two mythical beast handles attached to the sides, bottom bears six character QIANLONG reign mark. Ref: A smaller Qianlong mark and period vase of this form, decorated with gilt and silver-painted geometric motifs, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 15, Shanghai, 2000, pl. 108; and a slightly larger vase, with a Jingweitang zhi ('Made for the Hall of Awesome Reverence') hall mark, is published in Qingdai ciqi shangjian [Appreciation of Qing dynasty porcelain], Shanghai, 1994, pl. 151. The form of this vase is taken from an archaic bronze ritual lei vessel, while its animal handles derive from fou vessels of the Eastern Zhou period (770-256 BC); compare for example a bronze fou with handles cast in the form of an animal with its head sharply turned backwards, unearthed in Henan province, illustrated in Jenny So, Eastern Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, 1995, pl. 34.2.|||Height: 8 3/4 in (22.2 cm) Width: 9 1/2 in (24.1 cm)|茶葉末釉獸耳尊|拍品撇口，束颈，丰肩，肩下渐敛，圈足。大体施姜黄釉，个别之处施褐色釉，过渡自然，肩部两侧各有一螭耳。尤显隽秀素雅，小器大样，十分难得。底落款“大清乾隆年制”。