Lot Essay
A jade two-part censer of related animal form, dated to the Ming dynasty, is illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi guanji - 5 - Sui Tang Ming, Hebei, 1994, p. 170, no. 247.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A MOTTLED GREYISH-GREEN JADE ANIMAL-FORM CENSER
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A MOTTLED GREYISH-GREEN JADE ANIMAL-FORM CENSER
The censer is made in two sections in the shape of a mythical beast standing foursquare with head facing forward. The head, with open jaws, bulging eyes below curved brows, curly mane, pricked ears and a single horn, forms the cover, and the hollow, bulbous body, which forms the censer, is carved with a belled collar above the ribbed chest, flames on the haunches, and an upright, tufted tail. The greyish-olive stone is opaque and suffused with fine buff mottling.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
The censer is made in two sections in the shape of a mythical beast standing foursquare with head facing forward. The head, with open jaws, bulging eyes below curved brows, curly mane, pricked ears and a single horn, forms the cover, and the hollow, bulbous body, which forms the censer, is carved with a belled collar above the ribbed chest, flames on the haunches, and an upright, tufted tail. The greyish-olive stone is opaque and suffused with fine buff mottling.
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
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