Details
The first, a hu-form vase, is decorated on the shoulder with a bow-string band and flanked by a pair of elephant-head handles; the second, a 'garlic-mouth' vase, is covered overall with a pale celadon glaze thinning to white at the mouth rim.
412 in. (11.2 cm.) high; 512 in. (14 cm.) high


Provenance
First:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

Second:
Mrs. Robert D. Michels Collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1963.
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