A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The widest side of the censer is finely incised with a taotie mask divided by a raised notched flange, which is repeated at the corners. The vessel is supported on four cabriole legs emanating from monster-masks. The cover is delicately pierced with lotus scrolls and surmounted by a small qilin forming the finial. The stone is of an attractive even pale tone.
7 in. (18 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar jade fangding, also supported on tall slender legs, is in the collection of James R. and Ann Peltier and illustrated in Whispers from the Stone, The James R. and Ann Peltier Collection of Chinese Jade, Louisiana State University Museum of Art, 2006, p.

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