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A MOTTLED WHITE AND GREEN JADEITE THREE-PIECE ALTAR SET
Comprising a rectangular censer and cover of fangding form and a pair of fanggu-form vases. The censer is raised on four tall legs, the long sides carved in low relief with a pair of archaistic dragons confronted on a flat flange, with further flanges at the corners and on the narrow sides flanking an animal-mask handle. The cover is surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lions. The pair of vases are similarly decorated, with the addition of a set of six dragon-mask handles suspending loose rings on the wider sides, and interrupted by two similar handles on the narrow sides. Together with G. Wills, Jade of the East, New York, 1972 (first edition).
Censer 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high, vases 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Comprising a rectangular censer and cover of fangding form and a pair of fanggu-form vases. The censer is raised on four tall legs, the long sides carved in low relief with a pair of archaistic dragons confronted on a flat flange, with further flanges at the corners and on the narrow sides flanking an animal-mask handle. The cover is surmounted by a pair of Buddhist lions. The pair of vases are similarly decorated, with the addition of a set of six dragon-mask handles suspending loose rings on the wider sides, and interrupted by two similar handles on the narrow sides. Together with G. Wills, Jade of the East, New York, 1972 (first edition).
Censer 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm.) high, vases 13 1/8 in. (33.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Spink & Son, London.
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, New York.
Charles Henry Lundquist Collection, Los Angeles, California.
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, New York.
Charles Henry Lundquist Collection, Los Angeles, California.
Literature
G. Wills, Jade of the East, New York, 1972, no. 125.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not
be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked
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any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute
grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale.
With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating
in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S.,
provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery
outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature
(e.g., a string).