A large Chinese amphora vase, 618-906, Tang dynasty, with dragon-form handles mounted on the ringed neck, the straw-coloured glazed stopping unevenly above the flat base. 42 cm high. See 'The Ceramic Art of China', the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1971, Pl 23, p36 for a very similar Tang Dynasty example; Also Sotheby's London, 'The Edward Chow Collection, Part 11', 1980, lot 220 for a similar Sui Dynasty example