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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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                                            A SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER 
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer raised on three squat legs issuing from monster masks, the demi-globular body well carved in crisp, low relief with an archaistic band of taotie masks, with a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings surmounted by dragon heads, the domed carved also carved with a taotie band below the openwork finial of a coiled dragon grasping a flaming pearl, the stone of rich green color with darker mottling
7 in. (17.8 cm.) across handles, wood stand
                                        
                                    QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer raised on three squat legs issuing from monster masks, the demi-globular body well carved in crisp, low relief with an archaistic band of taotie masks, with a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings surmounted by dragon heads, the domed carved also carved with a taotie band below the openwork finial of a coiled dragon grasping a flaming pearl, the stone of rich green color with darker mottling
7 in. (17.8 cm.) across handles, wood stand
Provenance
                                        
                                            S. Marchant & Son, London. 
                                        
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