A Pair of Fine White Jade Vases and Covers Qing dynasty, 19th Century

each of tapering square section with waisted neck and spreading lip, with twin ruyi scepter-form handles spanning the lip and shoulder, the scepter-heads carved in low-relief with the character fu ('happiness'), the opposing sides of the body carved in low-relief with, respectively, a pair of confronting stylizing qilong centered by a pearl, and a symMetricas l lotus and lingzhi fungus scroll, each over a taotie mask panel, the foot with stepped underside, the conforming stepped cover with conforming faceted knop finial, the stone of an even, nearly flawless icy-white, wood stands (6)

The Farris Gallery, Clayton, Missouri.

Overall excellent condition, one with very minor abrasion to side of cover, slight internal flaw to underside of other cover, breaks to wood stands
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Pairs of white jade covered vases of this quality and purity of stone are rare. Compare a pair of gu-form white jade vases sold at Bonhams and Butterfields, 4th November 2003, lot 3335; and a pair of flask-form vases sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th November 2006, lot 1392.