A PAINTED GREY POTTERY GOOSE-FORM VESSEL AND A PAIR OF POTTERY VASES WITH TAOTIE AND LOOSE RING HANDLES Han and Spring and Autumn period The goose-form vessel of pear-shaped form, the neck terminating with a slightly lowered goose head, the top of the head with a circular aperture and decorated overall with red pigments; the pair of vases each of pear-shaped form with flared feet rims, with horizontal ribbing, the rims set with stylised taotie masks suspending freely moving rings. 33cm (13in) high. (3). Footnotes: 漢及春秋 灰陶加彩雁頭瓶一件及饕餮紋瓶一對 Provenance: Acquired in 1995 (the goose-form vessel)(collector's notes) Published and Illustrated: M. White, Living at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 4, n.p., 2023, p.283 (the pair of vases) M. White, Beasts at the Whites' House: A selection of ceramics from the Whites' House collection, vol.1, n.p., 2020, p.158 (the goose-form vessel) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing