PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDGAR AND HEDWIG WORCH
A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
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A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
QIANLONG
The faceted body raised on a recessed foot with flat base and divided into panels by narrow raised borders, the two broadest panels carved in shallow relief with prunus trees, with further branches of prunus sprouting from rocks on the narrow sides below each of the elephant-head handles, the dividing corner panels carved with grasses or budding branches issuing from rocks, all above a band of petal lappets, the matching cover also carved with a band of lappets at the base of the hollowed knop finial, with key-pattern borders at the rims, the well-polished stone of pale greenish-white tone with some opaque white mottling--12¼in. (31.1cm.) high, wood stand
QIANLONG
The faceted body raised on a recessed foot with flat base and divided into panels by narrow raised borders, the two broadest panels carved in shallow relief with prunus trees, with further branches of prunus sprouting from rocks on the narrow sides below each of the elephant-head handles, the dividing corner panels carved with grasses or budding branches issuing from rocks, all above a band of petal lappets, the matching cover also carved with a band of lappets at the base of the hollowed knop finial, with key-pattern borders at the rims, the well-polished stone of pale greenish-white tone with some opaque white mottling--12¼in. (31.1cm.) high, wood stand