Lot 216

GE-TYPE CRACKLE-GLAZED 'TAOTIE' JAR
XUANDE MARK BUT 19TH CENTURY




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
£750
Description
清 宣德款 仿哥釉雙饕餮耳罐
the bulbous body supported on a short foot ring and terminating into a stepped mouth rim, either side flanked with a taotie-headed loop handle, the vessel fully covered in a creamy ivory glaze, with a web of fine russet crackles, leaving the foot rim unglazed, a russet colour applied to the mouth rim, handles and the middle of the body, the base inscribed with a four-character apocryphal Xuande mark
Dimensions
20.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance: Private English collection, Surrey



