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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A SMALL SPINACH-GREEN JADE CENSER AND COVER
19TH/20TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL SPINACH-GREEN JADE CENSER AND COVER
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The censer is finely carved with two archaistic taotie masks, with three feet and two loose-ring handles in the form of Buddhist lions. The cover is decorated with three further taotie masks, surmounted by a finial modelled as an open-form flower. The semi-translucent stone is of a mottled green tone with darker and paler flecks throughout.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide across the handles
19TH/20TH CENTURY
The censer is finely carved with two archaistic taotie masks, with three feet and two loose-ring handles in the form of Buddhist lions. The cover is decorated with three further taotie masks, surmounted by a finial modelled as an open-form flower. The semi-translucent stone is of a mottled green tone with darker and paler flecks throughout.
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide across the handles
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Cherrei Yuan Tian