A Chinese archaistic Ge-type vase with ram handles, hu, underglaze-blue Qianlong seal mark and possibly of the period (1736-1795), sturdily and robustly potted after archaic bronze prototypes, of flattened lobed pear shape raised on a splayed base, the body decorated with pendent plantain leaves in low relief, the waisted neck applied with two ram-head handles, all under a pale grey crackled glaze with a lattice of larger rust crackles enclosing smaller regular crackles and stopping neatly around the foot, 26.6cm high While the shape of this piece is familiar, it is rare to find related vases with two ram-head handles and more common are those decorated with dragon handles or two zoomorphic ring handles. Compare with a similar vase of Qianlong period sold at Sotheby's London, Lot 247, 11 May 2011 清乾隆（可能） “大清乾隆年制”款仿哥釉蕉叶纹羊首壶