Decorated with archaistic taotieh designs taken form archaic bronze, all finely painted in deep and vibrant underglaze blue.
Height: 9 ½ inches (24 cm.)
Ex: Private American Collection (1990s)
Ex: Another Prior American Collection (1980s)
In both cases, acquired from our gallery
Prior in a Dutch Collection
An almost identical pair was in the W.J. Holt Collection, England, described and illustrated by Rackam, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, 1931, p. 145, Fig. 256. Another larger sized pair was in the Leonard Gow Collection, Scotland, early 1900s.
