A FINE SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER

A FINE SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Of compressed globular form, supported on three lion-mask legs, the sides finely carved in low relief with stylised taotie masks divided by vertical flanges, the shoulder with a pair of loop handles, each formed by a peony spray and suspending a loose ring; the domed cover similarly carved with taotie masks below a finial formed by a pierced peony roundel, the stone of a characteristic spinach-green tone with black flecks
9¾ in (24.8 cm.) across the handles, stand