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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A FINE WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
Details
A FINE WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY (1644 - 1911)
Well carved from stone of exceptionally even white tone, the compressed globular body undecorated except for a pair of animal-mask loop handles detailed with scrolling manes, suspending loose rings, all raised on three cabriole legs emerging from animals heads, the domed cover surmounted by a Buddhistic lion carved in the round
8¼ in. (21 cm.) across the handles, Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY (1644 - 1911)
Well carved from stone of exceptionally even white tone, the compressed globular body undecorated except for a pair of animal-mask loop handles detailed with scrolling manes, suspending loose rings, all raised on three cabriole legs emerging from animals heads, the domed cover surmounted by a Buddhistic lion carved in the round
8¼ in. (21 cm.) across the handles, Japanese wood box
Provenance
By repute, from the Mitsui family collection, Japan