MING DYNASTYThe 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.