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Lot Essay
The base is inscribed with a four-character Qianlong fanggu mark.
The present censer is larger than most other similar examples from this period. Jade censers were popular during the Qing Dynasty and often exist as part of an incense garniture set, along with a vase and an incense box and cover. A number of jade censers of similar style have been preserved in the Qing Court collection, but few exceed the present censer in size. Compare with a spinach-green jade censer (20.1 cm. wide) in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, which is similarly carved with taotie masks and decorated with flanges on the exterior (fig. 1).
The present censer is larger than most other similar examples from this period. Jade censers were popular during the Qing Dynasty and often exist as part of an incense garniture set, along with a vase and an incense box and cover. A number of jade censers of similar style have been preserved in the Qing Court collection, but few exceed the present censer in size. Compare with a spinach-green jade censer (20.1 cm. wide) in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, which is similarly carved with taotie masks and decorated with flanges on the exterior (fig. 1).