Lot Essay
Compare the related examples illustrated by R. Keverne, Jade, p.163 fig.89 and included in the exhibition La Cit Interdite, Musee du Petit Palais, Catalogue, p.287, no.135.
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18TH CENTURY
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A SPINACH GREEN JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
18th century
Carved with openwork archaistic dragon handles and shallow relief taotie masks on an incised key-pattern ground, the domed cover with a hollow lotus finial similarly carved, the translucent stone of typical spinach green tone
8 in. (22.2 cm.) wide
18th century
Carved with openwork archaistic dragon handles and shallow relief taotie masks on an incised key-pattern ground, the domed cover with a hollow lotus finial similarly carved, the translucent stone of typical spinach green tone
8 in. (22.2 cm.) wide