FROM THE COLLECTION OF T. JACK & GLADYS H. FOSTER
A WHITE JADE CENSER AND COVER
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A WHITE JADE CENSER AND COVER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The deep bowl with rounded sides rising from a cylindrical foot, carved in low relief with a continuous band of archaistic dragon scroll, set with a pair of simple loop handles suspending loose rings from ornately carved archaistic dragon plaques at the flat, everted rim decorated with further dragon scroll, the domed cover similarly decorated below a waisted finial carved with four dragon-head handles suspending loose rings below a flat, separately carved circular plaque decorated with a ruyi flowerhead medallion, the softly polished, grayish-white stone with some added russet staining
6½in. (16.5cm.) diam., wood stand
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The deep bowl with rounded sides rising from a cylindrical foot, carved in low relief with a continuous band of archaistic dragon scroll, set with a pair of simple loop handles suspending loose rings from ornately carved archaistic dragon plaques at the flat, everted rim decorated with further dragon scroll, the domed cover similarly decorated below a waisted finial carved with four dragon-head handles suspending loose rings below a flat, separately carved circular plaque decorated with a ruyi flowerhead medallion, the softly polished, grayish-white stone with some added russet staining
6½in. (16.5cm.) diam., wood stand