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A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION ACQUIRED FROM 1900
A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC CENSER, GUI
19TH CENTURY
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A CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC CENSER, GUI
19TH CENTURY
The body is carved with flutes below a band of confronting dragons, the rim is carved with two stylised masks in high relief and two beast-head handles to the sides above a foot that is carved with four pairs of stylised confronting dragons. The stone is of a celadon tone with some darks veins and spots.
6? in. (17.5 cm.) wide across the handles
19TH CENTURY
The body is carved with flutes below a band of confronting dragons, the rim is carved with two stylised masks in high relief and two beast-head handles to the sides above a foot that is carved with four pairs of stylised confronting dragons. The stone is of a celadon tone with some darks veins and spots.
6? in. (17.5 cm.) wide across the handles