REPUBLIC PERIOD, C. 1900�1930.
GLOBULAR VESSEL OF LEI OR GUI FORM, FEATURING A COORDINATING DOMED COVER WITH A COILED MYTHICAL BEAST FINIAL. THE SHOULDERS ARE FLANKED BY TWO HIGH-RELIEF HANDLES IN THE FORM OF STYLIZED DRAGONS. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY AND LID IS ELABORATELY DECORATED WITH LOW-RELIEF ARCHAIC SCROLLING AND TAOTIE MASK MOTIFS, BIFURCATED BY FOUR VERTICAL NOTCHED FLANGES.
APPROX. 7.5 IN HIGH
CHINESE JADE ARCHAIC STYLE ‘TAOTIE’ LIDDED VESSEL
REPUBLIC PERIOD, C. 1900�1930. GLOBULAR VESSEL OF LEI OR GUI FORM, FEATURING A COORDINATING DOMED COVER WITH A COILED MYTHICAL BEAST FINIAL. THE SHOULDERS ARE FLANKED BY TWO HIGH-RELIEF HANDLES IN THE FORM OF STYLIZED DRAGONS. THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY AND LID IS ELABORATELY DECORATED WITH LOW-RELIEF ARCHAIC SCROLLING AND TAOTIE MASK MOTIFS, BIFURCATED…