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THE PROPERTY OF A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN
A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
Details
A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY (1850-1911)
The stone of unsually even white tone, the censer with a slightly compressed body flanked by a pair of lion-mask ring handles supporting loose rings, beneath a domed cover surmounted by a Buddhistic lion, all supported on three legs issuing from lion masks
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high, fitted wood box
LATE QING DYNASTY (1850-1911)
The stone of unsually even white tone, the censer with a slightly compressed body flanked by a pair of lion-mask ring handles supporting loose rings, beneath a domed cover surmounted by a Buddhistic lion, all supported on three legs issuing from lion masks
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) high, fitted wood box
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's grandfather in China in the 1920's