Lot 48
48
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION 
A RETICULATED CELADON JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

Details
A RETICULATED CELADON JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG

Of circular, cushion form, delicately pierced with scrolling foliage and flowerheads on all the surfaces including the base, the translucent stone suffused with opaque white mottling and with some russet staining, some repairs--7 7/8in. (19.7cm.) diam.
Provenance
William Bouce Thompson

Lot Essay

A very similar covered incense burner of just slightly smaller size in the collection of the Norbu Lingka monastery, Tibet, is illustrated in Zhongguo Wenwu Jinghua, 1992, pl.85, and described as "probably crafted in Suzhou and presented to the Dalai Lama by the Qianlong emperor"