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PROPERTY FROM A FLORIDA COLLECTION
A DARK GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER
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A DARK GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER
Of fangding shape, raised on four columnar supports encircled by bow string bands and issuing from monster masks, the sides carved in relief as if tied with knotted cords beneath the rim surmounted by a pair of bail handles carved in openwork with bound leaves, the cover carved in similar fashion below a dragon, the underside of the censer incised with an apocryphal Qianlong mark
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, wood stand
Of fangding shape, raised on four columnar supports encircled by bow string bands and issuing from monster masks, the sides carved in relief as if tied with knotted cords beneath the rim surmounted by a pair of bail handles carved in openwork with bound leaves, the cover carved in similar fashion below a dragon, the underside of the censer incised with an apocryphal Qianlong mark
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Mrs. John N. Willys.
Mrs. Sidney G. deKay.
The House of Jade, Ltd., New York.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 30 September 1972, lot 118.
Mrs. Sidney G. deKay.
The House of Jade, Ltd., New York.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 30 September 1972, lot 118.
Literature
S.C. Nott, Historic Ritualistic Chinese Jades, New York, 1946, pl. 19.
S.C. Nott, Stupendous Exhibition of Ancient and Sacramental Chinese Jades, New York, 1947, pl. 14.
S.C. Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, col. pl. LXX.
S.C. Nott, Stupendous Exhibition of Ancient and Sacramental Chinese Jades, New York, 1947, pl. 14.
S.C. Nott, Voices from the Flowery Kingdom, New York, 1947, col. pl. LXX.
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