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QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE JADE CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer is raised on three tapered legs and carved around the compressed globular body in low relief with a band of archaistic taotie masks divided by notched flanges, and flanked by a pair of bird-form handles to each side. The domed cover is similarly carved with three pairs of animal masks in profile, and surmounted by a hollowed flaring finial. The stone is of an even white tone with natural fissures and areas of mottled inclusions.
7 3/4 in. (19.5 cm.) wide, box
QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The censer is raised on three tapered legs and carved around the compressed globular body in low relief with a band of archaistic taotie masks divided by notched flanges, and flanked by a pair of bird-form handles to each side. The domed cover is similarly carved with three pairs of animal masks in profile, and surmounted by a hollowed flaring finial. The stone is of an even white tone with natural fissures and areas of mottled inclusions.
7 3/4 in. (19.5 cm.) wide, box
Provenance
A Japanese private collector, acquired in the 1960s
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