PROVENANCE:
Collection of John Pullon
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London
Christie's London, 26th March 2003, Lot 485
Acquired from KNAPTON RASTI

Of ding-form, the deep bowl with an everted rim and upright handles, all supported on three slender cylindrical legs, elaborate taotie masks enveloping the body between elongated keyfret above and stylized cicadas on the legs below, all inlaid with gold wire, the base centered with a four-character Yutang Shi Sou mark.