Lot Essay
A spinach jade censer of similar form, together with a box and tool vase, is illustrated in Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1995, pl. 71.
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A LARGE SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow censer with flaring sides and a pair of upright S-shaped handles, all raised on three tapered legs, well carved around the sides of the censer and domed cover with a band enclosing six sets of flanges dividing taotie masks and archaistic scrollwork, the openwork finial on the cover depicting a coiled dragon amidst clouds, the semi-translucent stone of mottled spinach-green tones with a few black inclusions
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) across the handles, box
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The shallow censer with flaring sides and a pair of upright S-shaped handles, all raised on three tapered legs, well carved around the sides of the censer and domed cover with a band enclosing six sets of flanges dividing taotie masks and archaistic scrollwork, the openwork finial on the cover depicting a coiled dragon amidst clouds, the semi-translucent stone of mottled spinach-green tones with a few black inclusions
9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) across the handles, box