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(US$23,000-28,000)
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A FINE WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY
The exceptionally even millky-white stone of good translucency, carved with a pair of dragon-mask loop handles suspending loose rings, flanking the globular body, all raised on three tall cabriole legs issued from mythical-beast masks, the domed cover surmounted with a ferocious lion modelled in the round turning back on its tail
8 1/2 in. (21 cm.) high, box
LATE QING DYNASTY
The exceptionally even millky-white stone of good translucency, carved with a pair of dragon-mask loop handles suspending loose rings, flanking the globular body, all raised on three tall cabriole legs issued from mythical-beast masks, the domed cover surmounted with a ferocious lion modelled in the round turning back on its tail
8 1/2 in. (21 cm.) high, box
(US$23,000-28,000)