A 'CLAIR DE LUNE' VASE, China, Qing Dynasty, late 19th century

Shaped with a raised foot, an oval body and a short, flared neck, the handles have two loops in the shape of heads; it is completely covered on the outside with a blue enamel, in the centre of the white base it bears the six-character apocryphal mark in underglaze blu of the Kangxi Emperor.

清 天蓝釉双耳尊