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A GREENISH-WHITE JADE CENSER AND COVER
Of three-part form, raised on four cabriole legs issuing from stylized masks and carved in low relief around the sides with a band of stylized taotie masks below a wide, everted rim carved in high relief with pairs of dragons, set with a pair of large dragon-head loop handles suspending loose rings divided by six smaller handles also suspending loose rings, the elaborate openwork cover composed of two tiers pierced with a continuous design of lotus amidst foliate scrolls and set with animal head handles, all surmounted by a similarly carved globular finial, the semi-translucent stone of even greyish-white tone with a few small russet inclusons
11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high
Of three-part form, raised on four cabriole legs issuing from stylized masks and carved in low relief around the sides with a band of stylized taotie masks below a wide, everted rim carved in high relief with pairs of dragons, set with a pair of large dragon-head loop handles suspending loose rings divided by six smaller handles also suspending loose rings, the elaborate openwork cover composed of two tiers pierced with a continuous design of lotus amidst foliate scrolls and set with animal head handles, all surmounted by a similarly carved globular finial, the semi-translucent stone of even greyish-white tone with a few small russet inclusons
11 3/8 in. (28.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Bensabott, Chicago.
George Bass collection, Birmingham, Michigan.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
George Bass collection, Birmingham, Michigan.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.
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