An exceptional and fine Imperial white jade double-gourd vase and cover Qing dynasty, Qianlong period the almost flawless translucent white stone with a few whiter blushes, superbly hollowed and carved to form a double-gourd of oval section, with baluster-form upper-lobe and globular lower-lobe, set on a flared foot with squared footrim, and flanked by a pair of loose-ring handles suspended from elaborate phoenix heads accented with flaring openwork wings and scrolls at the chest, each side of the vase finely carved in very low relief with scattered cloud-swirls and the wufu ('five bats'), all fluttering animatedly and in contrasting positions, the conforming domed cover carved with further clouds and set with a ruyi-head securing two further loose rings 11 in., 28 cm
An exceptional and fine Imperial white jade double-gourd vase and cover Qing dynasty, Qianlong period the almost flawless translucent white stone with a few whiter blushes, superbly hollowed and carved to form a double-gourd of oval section, with baluster-form upper-lobe and globular lower-lobe, set on a flared foot with squared footrim, and flanked by a pair of loose-ring handles suspended from elaborate phoenix heads accented with flaring openwork wings and scrolls at the chest, each side of the vase finely carved in very low relief with scattered cloud-swirls and the wufu ('five bats'), all fluttering animatedly and in contrasting positions, the conforming domed cover carved with further clouds and set with a ruyi-head securing two further loose rings 11 in., 28 cm
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