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A YELLOW SERPENTINE CENSER AND COVER
Carved on the compressed lower body with a band of stylized taotie masks, repeated on the domed cover, supported on three paw feet capped with lion's heads, flanked by dragon-head handles suspending loose rings, the cover surmounted by an openwork dragon finial resting on three small peony-head handles suspending further loose rings, the stone of yellowish-green tone with some russet-brown and pale gray inclusions
7in. (17.9cm.) across the handles, wood stand
Carved on the compressed lower body with a band of stylized taotie masks, repeated on the domed cover, supported on three paw feet capped with lion's heads, flanked by dragon-head handles suspending loose rings, the cover surmounted by an openwork dragon finial resting on three small peony-head handles suspending further loose rings, the stone of yellowish-green tone with some russet-brown and pale gray inclusions
7in. (17.9cm.) across the handles, wood stand