Details
The vase is of flattened pear-shape and is cast on the shoulder with a band of two taotie masks. The downward lappets below the band are cast further with taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground. The neck is flanked by two animal-form handles.
1034 in. (27.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Roger Keverne, London, 2011.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
Literature
Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramis- Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no. 90.
Exhibited
London, Roger Keverne, Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramis- Summer Exhibition, 2011.
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