Lot Essay
(US$40,000-50,000)
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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A FINE WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
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A FINE WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
LATE QING DYANSTY
The well appointed censer has a globular body, flanked on either side with a pair of ferocious horned lion-head handles each suspending a loose circular ring, all raised on three cabriole legs emerging from animal-masks, the domed cover surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lions in pursuit of a ball, the highly polished semi-translucent stone of an even white tone
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high, stand, box
LATE QING DYANSTY
The well appointed censer has a globular body, flanked on either side with a pair of ferocious horned lion-head handles each suspending a loose circular ring, all raised on three cabriole legs emerging from animal-masks, the domed cover surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lions in pursuit of a ball, the highly polished semi-translucent stone of an even white tone
8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.) high, stand, box
(US$40,000-50,000)