The slender gu has a plain trumpet-shaped neck, the central and lower sections are cast with taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, the masks in the center section divided by narrow flanges. The patina is of a mottled blue-green and grey color and there are areas of blue-green encrustation, Japanese wood box.

Provenance: Mayuyama, Tokyo, Japan, acquired prior to 2000. Accompanied by a letter by Mayuyama Ryusendo.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza