A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'PHOENIX' CENSER

JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE 'PHOENIX' CENSER
JIAQING FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The vessel is well-carved to the exterior with three evenly-spaced phoenix with their wings outstretched, standing erect with their claws resting on the foot rim. The stone is of a sea-green tone with a few scattered darker flecked inclusions.
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Private Scottish family collection.
With Louis Lyons, purchased in 1980. Lyons left most of his collection to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

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Lot Essay

Compare this rare censer with a white jade Qianlong-marked example in the Palace Museum Beijing, illustrated in Xu Xiaodong in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum, Jade, vol. 10: Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, p. 136, no. 99. See also a similar green jade censer, also marked Qianlong, illustrated in Masterworks of Chinese Jade in the National Palace Museum, Supplement, Taipei, 1973, no. 41.

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