Lot Essay
Compare to an almost identical spinach-green jade censer in the Tibet Museum collection (fig.1), illustrated in Jade Selections from Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in the Tibet Museum, Beijing, 2005, no. 52
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QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD(1736-1795)
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AN IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE CENSER, FANGDING
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD(1736-1795)
The jade vessel is carved in imitation of an archaic bronze, fangding, with a rectangular body raised on four tubular legs surmounted by animal masks. The sides are carved with taotie masks divided by notched flanges, below a key-fret band and plantain leaves, the top with upright loop handles. The base is incised with a four-character Qianlong nianzhi mark.
10 5⁄8 in. (27. cm.) high.
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD(1736-1795)
The jade vessel is carved in imitation of an archaic bronze, fangding, with a rectangular body raised on four tubular legs surmounted by animal masks. The sides are carved with taotie masks divided by notched flanges, below a key-fret band and plantain leaves, the top with upright loop handles. The base is incised with a four-character Qianlong nianzhi mark.
10 5⁄8 in. (27. cm.) high.
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