A SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The censer is carved to the body with stylised taotie masks amonsgt leafy scrolling foliage, all between a pair of winged mythical beast-head handles. The cover is carved with an elaborate bud-form finial encircled by a band of floral blooms. The stone is of a dark spinach tone with areas of black streaked and speckled inclusions.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) wide
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Acquired in London in the 1960s & 70s
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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The censer is carved to the body with stylised taotie masks amonsgt leafy scrolling foliage, all between a pair of winged mythical beast-head handles. The cover is carved with an elaborate bud-form finial encircled by a band of floral blooms. The stone is of a dark spinach tone with areas of black streaked and speckled inclusions.
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) wide
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Acquired in London in the 1960s & 70s
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