A CELADON JADE INCENSE HOLDER

18TH CENTURY

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A CELADON JADE INCENSE HOLDER
18th century
Of pierced cylindrical shape carved in high relief with scholars and attendants wandering among pines towards a pavilion at the top of a mountain, the rim and base incised with a key-pattern band, the stone of even pale tone with russet and greenish inclusions
10 in. (26 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar pair is illustrated in Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, p.118, no.98. Another pair from the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, vol.6, p.52, no.84. Compare also the spinach green jade pair in the Royal Ontario Musuem, T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art, illustrated in the Catalogue, no.113.

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