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QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Details
A FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rounded censer resting on three cabriole legs emerging from mythical beast heads and flanked by a pair of dragon handles, carved in relief around the sides with archaistic taotie mask designs divided by six raised vertical notched flanges below a waisted rim encircled by a keyfret border, the design repeated on the domed cover beneath a large circular out-turned finial suspending loose rings from three ruyi-form handles, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide, wood stands, Japanese wood box
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rounded censer resting on three cabriole legs emerging from mythical beast heads and flanked by a pair of dragon handles, carved in relief around the sides with archaistic taotie mask designs divided by six raised vertical notched flanges below a waisted rim encircled by a keyfret border, the design repeated on the domed cover beneath a large circular out-turned finial suspending loose rings from three ruyi-form handles, the stone of an exceptionally even white tone
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) wide, wood stands, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collector, acquired in Japan in the 1950s
Brought to you by
Aster Ng
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