Description PREMIUM LOT
The compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a waisted neck with everted rim, the rounded sides carved in archaistic style with two taotie masks in low relief divided by two strap handles raising from a short flaring foot and issuing from a shaped mythical beast, the domed cover carved with the same decoration and surmounted by a carved disc-shaped socket flat finial. In good conditions, some flow veining, minor wear on the surface, the translucent stone of a pale celadon color with opaque white inclusions, and russet coloration, tiny nicks.
12,4 cm high, 20,5 cm wide
Provenance: from the private collection of a Lady in south of Italy, and thence descendants
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