A RARE LARGE CELADON JADE 'CHAMPION' VASE AND COVER
A RARE LARGE CELADON JADE 'CHAMPION' VASE AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Composed of a pair of tall cylinders joined by an eagle with outspread wings standing on the head of a crouching bear-like beast, the tail and hind of each creature emerging between the vases at the rear, each cylinder decorated in low relief with a broad band of bosses above another band of archaistic scrolls and a lower border of pendent cicada blades, fitted with a double cover surmounted by two dragons, their bifurcated tails interlocked, the semi-translucent stone of a celadon tone with areas of opaque inclusions 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) high, stand
A RARE LARGE CELADON JADE 'CHAMPION' VASE AND COVER
A RARE LARGE CELADON JADE 'CHAMPION' VASE AND COVER QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Composed of a pair of tall cylinders joined by an eagle with outspread wings standing on the head of a crouching bear-like beast, the tail and hind of each creature emerging between the vases at the rear, each cylinder decorated in low relief with a broad band of bosses above another band of archaistic scrolls and a lower border of pendent cicada blades, fitted with a double cover surmounted by two dragons, their bifurcated tails interlocked, the semi-translucent stone of a celadon tone with areas of opaque inclusions 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm.) high, stand
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