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Fine Antique Chinese jade carved lidded vase. Rounded body leading to a thin waisted neck with PiXiu handles flanked at the sides, domed lid crowned with simply finial, raised on a flared foot base. The main decoration on the central body depicting an immortal riding an elephant within a forest landscape in shallow reliefs. The neck shows fine carving of characters script over finely polished surface. Jade is a pale-tan creamy color with attractive sporadic slight russet hues in varying spots over milky moist appearance surface.
Measurements: Height: 10 1/4" Width: 5 1/4" Weight: 22.06 kg
PROVENANCE: Jim Francis, (Dec 24, 1944 - June 14, 2018) Resident of the Atlanta Metro area for numerous years
Jim Francis was a true scholar having a degree in English his early career started as a professor at a community college in Kentucky. During the Vietnam era he became an instructor for the US Air Force. When computers first started becoming popular Jim became a software engineer which lead him to a career in being a method analyst for a major hospital group. While working with Doctors from different cultures Jim became an avid collector of Chinese items, His widow has placed his treasured articles to be sold at auction.
The Collections of Mr. Jim Francis presented and offered up to auctions from Lot-137 through Lot-167.