清 黃玉英雄雙聯瓶
The vase consists of two tubular vessels placed side by side supported by splayed feet, the front carved with a falcon standing on the head of a bear. The falcon's wings spread across both vessels, with its tail and the bear's hindquarters visible from the back. The vase body incised with key-fret bands and archastic spiral comma ground. The domed covers further carved with a crouching mythical beast. Qing Dynasty period.

Height: 8 3/8 in (21.0 cm) Width: 3 3/4 in (9.5 cm)

Provenance: Property from an important family collection, Los Angeles
Refer to a similar jade carved vase, the Double vessel with mythical beasts (champion vase), in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no.02.18.370a, b
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