With compressed circular body, the central register carved in low relief with symmetrical archaic taotie motifs; the handles depicted as a pair of winged qilong, their paws on the flared mouth rim, the turned footring raised on four smaller winged qilong, the stone of a very even texture with scattered dark inclusions, with a high polish; wire-inlaid wood stand.

H: 4 in.; L: 7 1/2 in. (jade)

PROVENANCE:

Acquired by the parents of the present owner in the 1970s
Thence by descent.