A LAPIS LAZULI  ARCHAISTIC CENSER, FANGDING
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DOROTHY BRAUDE EDINBURG
A LAPIS LAZULI ARCHAISTIC CENSER, FANGDING

19TH CENTURY

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A LAPIS LAZULI ARCHAISTIC CENSER, FANGDING
19TH CENTURY
Raised on four dragon-headed supports and with a pair of upright curving handles, the rectangular body is carved in relief with taotie masks divided by notched flanges repeated at the corners between key-fret borders. The vessel is supported on an elaborately inlaid gilt-metal stand and has a similar gilt-metal cover. Together with a small lapis lazuli archaistic vase and cover of rectangular section, the neck of the vase is flanked by a pair of ram's head handles suspending loose rings, and the cover is surmounted by a recumbent ram finial.
6¼ in. (15.6 cm.) across handles and 4 7/8 in. (13.2 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Fangding: Bulgari, Rome, ca. 1960-61.
Harry B. Braude, Brookline, Massachusetts.
Vase: Harry B. Braude, Brookline, Massachusetts, acquired before 1959.

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