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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body is raised on three animal-mask and paw supports and is carved in low relief on two sides with taotie mask bands separated by the upswept handles. The domed cover is decorated with a band of dragons confronted on a leiwen ground below an openwork, shou-character medallion finial.
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide across handles
19TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body is raised on three animal-mask and paw supports and is carved in low relief on two sides with taotie mask bands separated by the upswept handles. The domed cover is decorated with a band of dragons confronted on a leiwen ground below an openwork, shou-character medallion finial.
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide across handles
Provenance
Ashkenazi & Co., San Francisco, acquired in the late 1980s.
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