Property of
A LONG ISLAND COLLECTOR
A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT TRIPOD COVERED CENSER, 19TH CENTURY, the globular body decorated with dragons and flaming pearls set atop animal mask and paw feet, with stylized openwork dragon-form handles, the cover with band of cell-pattern between bands of geometric reticulation and surmounted by a Buddhistic lion finial (old damage and loss) --10½ in. long over handles
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A FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT TRIPOD COVERED CENSER, 19TH CENTURY, the globular body decorated with dragons and flaming pearls set atop animal mask and paw feet, with stylized openwork dragon-form handles, the cover with band of cell-pattern between bands of geometric reticulation and surmounted by a Buddhistic lion finial (old damage and loss) --10½ in. long over handles