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LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
Details
A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC RECTANGULAR CENSER AND COVER, FANGDING
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The censer is carved in low relief on the thick sides with bands of archaistic decoration and on each cylindrical leg with a mask-like motif and square spirals above a pendent leaf. The wide, flat rim is surmounted by two openwork, squared scroll handles, and the cover has a finial carved as a lion and cub with a peony branch. The base is carved in low-relief with an apocryphal Qianlong four-character seal mark. The stone is of even, white colour.
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high, zitan box
LATE QING DYNASTY-EARLY REPUBLIC PERIOD
The censer is carved in low relief on the thick sides with bands of archaistic decoration and on each cylindrical leg with a mask-like motif and square spirals above a pendent leaf. The wide, flat rim is surmounted by two openwork, squared scroll handles, and the cover has a finial carved as a lion and cub with a peony branch. The base is carved in low-relief with an apocryphal Qianlong four-character seal mark. The stone is of even, white colour.
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) high, zitan box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, acquired before 1940, and thence by descent
Brought to you by
Sibley Ngai