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Details
A Chinese grey-white jade rectangular censer and cover, fangding
the slightly slanted sides surmounted by a short neck rising to the rim, flanked by lingzhi fungus handles suspending loose rings, supported on four scroll legs, the stepped rectangular cover with a similarly shaped finial, the body carved in low relief with two taotie masks, incised four-character Qianlong seal mark, the stone of an even grey-white tone -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high.
the slightly slanted sides surmounted by a short neck rising to the rim, flanked by lingzhi fungus handles suspending loose rings, supported on four scroll legs, the stepped rectangular cover with a similarly shaped finial, the body carved in low relief with two taotie masks, incised four-character Qianlong seal mark, the stone of an even grey-white tone -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high.
Provenance
Charles M. Pratt Collection, Vassar Art Gallery, 1941, Catalogue, no.27.
Christies New York, 29 November 1990, lot 333.
Christies New York, 29 November 1990, lot 333.
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