Sale 2167
Hong Kong
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26 April 2004
Price realised
HKD 47,800
Estimate
A FINE AND VERY RARE WHITE JADE MINIATURE TRIPOD CENSER QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY The miniature censer is well modelled with a squat bombé body decorated in low relief with two archaistic dragons with scrollwork bodies confronted on a 'flaming pearl', surmounted by a pair of upright rope-twist loop-handles on the mouth rim and raised on three truncated feet, with a Japanese gilt-metal cloud-design openwork cover 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) diam., stand, box
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