Pair of Apple Green-gazed Footed VasesChina, Kangxi-style, pear-shape with a long widening neck, decorated with applied elephant-mask handles to neck, cream crackle-glazed interior, bisque foot ring and base, ht. to 10 1/4 in. Provenance: A family heirloom collection mostly formed in the 1900-20s by Dr. Frederick Whiting (1821-1946). Dr. Whiting was a philanthropic otologist/professor of Clinical Surgery in Otology at Cornell University who authored the book, Modern Mastoid Operation. He was also known as a collector of American painting, medallic art, and Asian porcelain.