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LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Details
A PALE BROWN AND WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC POURING VESSEL
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The rectangular vessel is carved in low relief on the two longer sides with confronted chilong between flanges and on the narrow sides with taotie masks, all below archaistic birds at the rim, and the handle is carved as a mythical beast's head. The white and pale brown stone has some brown veins.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The rectangular vessel is carved in low relief on the two longer sides with confronted chilong between flanges and on the narrow sides with taotie masks, all below archaistic birds at the rim, and the handle is carved as a mythical beast's head. The white and pale brown stone has some brown veins.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
Provenance
The Hartman Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1971.