Bidspirit auction | A Chinese Transitional blue and

A Chinese Transitional blue and white 'White Elephant' gu-shaped beaker vase, H 40 cm - A Chinese Transitional blue and white 'White Elephant' gu-shaped beaker vase, H 40 cm A rare Chinese Transitional blue and white 'White Elephant' gu-shaped beaker vase, the trumpet neck painted with a continuous scene of a white elephant surrounded by attendants, some bathing the animal, within a rocky landscape and palm trees, the bulbous midsection decorated with scrolling lingzhi, above upright lappets dropping towards the spreading foot, the design finely executed in rich cobalt tones, H 40 cm