Chinese Dingyao Carved White Glazed Ware Garlic Head Vase. The pear-shaped body supported on a spreading foot, tapering to a tall slender neck with a garlic-head mouth and upright rim, the neck encircled by bands of raised fillets extending to the shoulder, the body freely carved with undulating lotus blooms on leafy stems, covered overall with a creamy ivory glaze, the unglazed foot ring reveal the dense white buff stoneware. {Height: 12 1/4 inches (31 cm)}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.