AN IMPERIAL LARGE PALE CELADON JADE ‘ELEPHANT-HEAD’ VASE AND COVER QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is carved in relief on each broad side with a pair of archaistic kui phoenix and a band of upright petals above the foot, the neck flanked by a pair of elephant heads with loose ring handles, the side of the foot incised with a Qianlong fanggu mark in a horizontal line. The cover is surmounted by a finial in the form of a elephant standing foursquare above clouds. The stone is of an even, greenish-white tone. 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm.) overall height Provenance H.A. Lanthier, New York, 23 December 1910 George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts
AN IMPERIAL LARGE PALE CELADON JADE ‘ELEPHANT-HEAD’ VASE AND COVER QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER FANGGU MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) The vase is carved in relief on each broad side with a pair of archaistic kui phoenix and a band of upright petals above the foot, the neck flanked by a pair of elephant heads with loose ring handles, the side of the foot incised with a Qianlong fanggu mark in a horizontal line. The cover is surmounted by a finial in the form of a elephant standing foursquare above clouds. The stone is of an even, greenish-white tone. 12 13/16 in. (32.5 cm.) overall height Provenance H.A. Lanthier, New York, 23 December 1910 George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts
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