THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
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A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body well hollowed on the interior, the exterior flanked by a pair of mythical lion-head, each ferocious head issuing a loop handle suspending a loose ring, supported on three cabriole legs emerging from lion-masks; the tall domed cover surmounted by a bushy-tailed mythical lion, its lively body turned with one paw on a ball, acommpanied by its young, the semi-translucent stone of an even tone
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, wood stand
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body well hollowed on the interior, the exterior flanked by a pair of mythical lion-head, each ferocious head issuing a loop handle suspending a loose ring, supported on three cabriole legs emerging from lion-masks; the tall domed cover surmounted by a bushy-tailed mythical lion, its lively body turned with one paw on a ball, acommpanied by its young, the semi-translucent stone of an even tone
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 November 1998, lot 574
Brought to you by
Carrie Li
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