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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
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AN IMPERIAL LARGE PALE CELADON ᪺̗㡳 㤎Ⅾἕ㲌♄ㆀ㩿㘢᨟⡪⯰⁅
JADE ‘ELEPHANT-HEAD’ VASE AND Ǘ૰᪺̗㡳Ͳ۶ǘᕋטᢎ
COVER
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QIANLONG INCISED SIX-CHARACTER ) " -BOUIJFS䢲♈☼䢲 ໝ ᕕ ᑽ
FANGGU MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE ܂ࡘᦆԱ䢮 䢯䢲ᑔᓢᗆ⬼ḓ䢲㷄Ⲭバਫ਼
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
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000
US$260,000-390,000
PROVENANCE:
H.A. Lanthier, New York, 23 December 1910
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts
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