AN IVORY BOTTLE-VASE, the narrow flaring neck decorated with taotie-heads suspending loose rings, carved in shallow relief with borders of overlapping plantain leaves and ruyi-heads, the ovoid body with two scenes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in panels sorrounded by stylised lotus scrolls, all supported on a reticulated ivory stand (neck and body in two parts, minor age cracks), late Qing Dynasty