Of slender proportions, the neck cast with four scroll-filled blades rising from a band of ‘eye’ and scroll motifs, the mid-section and the spreading foot with taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges, with mottled milky-green patina and traces of cinnabar.
10 1/4in (26cm) high, stand, box

Provenance:
The Mount Trust Collection
Christie’s, London, 19 April 1983, lot 44.
T.Y. King & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 18 July 1983.

Exhibited:
The Mount Trust Collection of Chinese Art.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1970, no. 4.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006, p.108.