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LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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A BROWN AND BEIGE JADE BRONZE-FORM CENSER
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Made in the shape of a bronze gui, the censer is raised on a slightly spreading ring foot, and carved on each side with a taotie mask below a band of angular dragon scroll which is interrupted by the pair of handles, each surmounted by an animal mask and with a pendent tab at the bottom. The semi-translucent, tannish-white stone has fine brown markings throughout, some areas of brown color and some dark brown veins.
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) wide across handles, wood cover with jadeite finial
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Made in the shape of a bronze gui, the censer is raised on a slightly spreading ring foot, and carved on each side with a taotie mask below a band of angular dragon scroll which is interrupted by the pair of handles, each surmounted by an animal mask and with a pendent tab at the bottom. The semi-translucent, tannish-white stone has fine brown markings throughout, some areas of brown color and some dark brown veins.
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) wide across handles, wood cover with jadeite finial
Provenance
Anna Ilsley Ball Kneeland (1865-1955), New York, acquired 1918-1931, and thence by descent within the family.
Exhibited
On loan: Yale University Art Gallery, 1955 to April 2014.
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