With mottled green patina, rim decorated with continuous keyfret border, upper and lower registers with triangular sections centered by a stylized blossom, the center register displays a pair of "Taotie" masks, against leiwen ground; all skillfully executed with gold and silver inlay, an archaic seal mark to the underside.(H: 12 1/4 in.)PROVENANCE:Possibly sold C. G. Sloan &pany, Inc., Washington, D.C., sale #405, October 6, 1977, lot 131Property from the estate of Stanley Daniel Fishman