Lot Essay
(US$4,500-5,500)
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A FINE MUGHAL-STYLE JADE CENSER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The oval censer with thinly carved sides and a flat reticulated rim, delicately carved in low relief with a lotus scroll, embellished at the sides with lotus sprig-handles suspending loose rings, supported on four cloud-shaped feet, the domed cover is intricately pierced with a lotus meander and surmounted with a hollow six-petalled flower-head, the highly polished stone of characteristic translucent pale colour with few natural inclusions and streaks (minute nicks)
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide
19TH CENTURY
The oval censer with thinly carved sides and a flat reticulated rim, delicately carved in low relief with a lotus scroll, embellished at the sides with lotus sprig-handles suspending loose rings, supported on four cloud-shaped feet, the domed cover is intricately pierced with a lotus meander and surmounted with a hollow six-petalled flower-head, the highly polished stone of characteristic translucent pale colour with few natural inclusions and streaks (minute nicks)
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) wide