. 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 were first 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.. Dimensons: Height: 5 1/8" Width: 6 1/2" Weight: 803 g Stand Height: 1 3/4" Width: 6 1/8" . The Chinese pale-celadon jade finely carved unto globular shape body, with angled shoulder, and short neck with wide opening. The rounded cavetto terminating three cabriole legs. The tapered shoulder gently everted the straight prominent neck further toward the gallery mouth. Two Qilin masks creates shoulder pieces with U-shaped stalk curls extending outward eventually connecting further down the vessel to complete the handle grips with free rings. The dome lid crowned with simply bud finial. The exterior finely polished, shows elegant simple design, with clean celadon tone iridescent, beautiful translucent, and moist milky appearance. Elegantly presented upon a open-work carved hardwood stand.品项报告: In EXCELLENT condition over all; with normal anomalies in nature, natural wood imperfection, sign of stressed surface, minor scratch; Normal consider ages and wears.All lots are sold as is and where is. SEVEN SEAS GALLERY provides condition reports upon request to aide in your bidding decision. No statement regarding age, condition, kind, value, or quality of a lot, whether made orally at the auction or at any other time, or in writing in this catalog or elsewhere, shall be construed to be an express or implied warranty, representation, or assumption of liability. All sales are final, SEVEN SEAS GALLERY does not give refunds based on condition. SEVEN SEAS GALLERY does not perform any shipping or packing services.