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Property from a Private American Collection
A PALE BLUISH-GREEN JADEITE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
Details
A PALE BLUISH-GREEN JADEITE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
Raised on three mask and paw supports and carved in low relief with a band of taotie masks interrupted by the pair of archaistic dragon scroll handles suspending loose rings, with flat channeled rim, the domed, stepped cover made in two sections carved with further archaistic bands and three loops suspending loose rings, the semi-transparent stone of very pale blue-green color
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) across handles
Raised on three mask and paw supports and carved in low relief with a band of taotie masks interrupted by the pair of archaistic dragon scroll handles suspending loose rings, with flat channeled rim, the domed, stepped cover made in two sections carved with further archaistic bands and three loops suspending loose rings, the semi-transparent stone of very pale blue-green color
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high, 7 in. (17.8 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Acquired in Washington, DC, in the early 1970s.
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