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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
LATE QING DYNASTY
Finely carved with deep sides and an intricate double rope-twist design running along the edges, corners and down the centre of each of the four facets, the flattened mouth rim with a pair of upright pierced ruyi-head-shaped handles with rope-twist edges, supported on four tall angular scroll feet emerging from mythical beast masks, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark carved in relief, the cover with similar rope-twist motifs and surmounted on the flat top with an openwork coiled dragon, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone with a slight celadon tinge
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) overall height, original wood stand, boxes
LATE QING DYNASTY
Finely carved with deep sides and an intricate double rope-twist design running along the edges, corners and down the centre of each of the four facets, the flattened mouth rim with a pair of upright pierced ruyi-head-shaped handles with rope-twist edges, supported on four tall angular scroll feet emerging from mythical beast masks, the base with an apocryphal Qianlong mark carved in relief, the cover with similar rope-twist motifs and surmounted on the flat top with an openwork coiled dragon, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone with a slight celadon tinge
8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm.) overall height, original wood stand, boxes