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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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A FINELY CARVED SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is carved around the exterior with taotie masks separated by raised archaistic symbols, with a pair of phoenix handles with loose rings at the sides. The top of the cover is similarly decorated with designs adapted from taotie masks, surmounted by a finial shaped as a coiled horned dragon. The stone is of a deep green tone mottled with paler areas.
6 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) wide
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is carved around the exterior with taotie masks separated by raised archaistic symbols, with a pair of phoenix handles with loose rings at the sides. The top of the cover is similarly decorated with designs adapted from taotie masks, surmounted by a finial shaped as a coiled horned dragon. The stone is of a deep green tone mottled with paler areas.
6 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 May 2010, lot 115
Exhibited
Chinese Jade Through the Centuries, China House Gallery, New York, 1968, cat. no. 74
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Sibley Ngai