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AN IMPERIAL SPINACH-GREEN JADE CENSER, 清乾隆 御製碧玉雕獸面紋方鼎 「乾隆年製」四字刻款
FANGDING 比較西藏博物館藏一件近乎相同的乾隆款碧玉方鼎（圖一），
見《西藏博物館藏元明清玉器》，北京，2005年，圖版52號。
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¬ in. (27. cm.) high.
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000 (mark)

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

fig.1 Collection of the Tibet Museum
圖一 西藏博物館藏品

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