Weight: 3850g, Length: 25.5cm, Width: 25.5cm, Height: 29cm, PROVENANCE: From the estate of Joseph Y Shook passed down to his heirs. A global entrepreneur collecting many highly collectible items during his intercontinental travels. These items were passed to his only son John A Shook (1926-2019) of Georgia, private collectors, WWII Veterans, Realtors, Business entrepreneur. The body and tall flared foot flat-cast with large taotie masks divided and separated by hooked flanges, the taotie positioned below cast in high relief on the shoulder between pairs of kui dragons, all below a dragon band and upright scroll-filled blades on the trumpet-shaped neck, with a single character cast in the base of the interior, with mottled milky-green patina and malachite and azurite encrustation.
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