Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 93
A CHINESE MOTTLED BROWN AND GREY JADE ARCHAISTIC VASE MING DYNASTY The flattened ovoid body with...
Estimate £6,000 - £10,000
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Description
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.