A RARE AND EARLY JADE BOWL WITH 'TAOTIE' HANDLES

Description:

China, Song to Ming dynasty
27 x 18,5 x 3,5 cm
Oval, thick-walled shape with two side 'taotie'handles on curved supports. Green-beige-grey colored jade.
Collection Dr Rainer Kreissl (1924 - 2005), acquired at Neumeister, München, 29.1.1981, lot 688 - Important South German private collection
Published: Neumeister München, 29.1.1981, lot 688, p. 69, colour plate 2 and b/w plate 2
Old cracks or veins in the stone