THREE HARDSTONE VASES AND COVERS 20th Century (7)A London private collection of jade carvings and Chinese works of art, lots 1-104THREE HARDSTONE VASES AND COVERS20th CenturyComprising: a hu vase and cover, set with elephant head handles, incised on one side with a dragon and a phoenix on the reverse; a pear shaped vase with two chi dragons clambering up the sides forming the handles; and a spinach jade hu vase decorated with taotie masks between notched flanges, the cover set with a chi dragon.The tallest: 20.5cm (8 1/8in) high (7).Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.