Lot Essay
(US$16,000-24,000)
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A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG
The slightly compressed vessel carved to the side with a wide border of archaistic taotie flanked by a pair of loose-ring handles surmounted by recumbent deer, the domed cover with a similar border beneath a crouching dragon in pursuit of a pearl encircling the finial, the stone of flecked even white tone (minute chip to mouth interior, minute chips to petal on cover)
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) across handles, stand, box
QIANLONG
The slightly compressed vessel carved to the side with a wide border of archaistic taotie flanked by a pair of loose-ring handles surmounted by recumbent deer, the domed cover with a similar border beneath a crouching dragon in pursuit of a pearl encircling the finial, the stone of flecked even white tone (minute chip to mouth interior, minute chips to petal on cover)
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) across handles, stand, box