QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A GREYISH-WHITE JADE PIERCED CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The compressed, lobed sides intricately carved and pierced with peony scroll which is repeated on the spreading quatre-foil foot, the handles formed by peony stems bearing two full blossoms, and the domed cover and large cushion knop carved en suite, the greyish-white stone with some some opaque white mottling and fine black speckling
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) across handles, wood stand

Provenance

Collection of the late Lady Jan Horlick.

Lot Essay

Compare the very similarly carved and pierced jade censer and cover from the Qing Court Collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 42 - Jadeware (II), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 53, no. 42.

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