A CHINESE MOTTLED BROWN AND GREY JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE

MING DYNASTY

The flattened ovoid body with taotie mask designs divided by notched flanges beneath shou characters and with reticulated stylised handles, the high foot with a rope-twist band, raised on a wood stand, 13.3cm. (2)

Provenance: Christie's, London, 3rd November 1969, lot 145.

Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, p.388, fig.6 for a similar vessel.