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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE PROVENANCE
COLLECTION
Collection of T.B. Kitson, Esq.
A PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC Sotheby’s London, 21st February 1961, lot 299.
CENSER Sotheby’s New York, 22nd-23rd March 1999,
lot 408.
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
$ 30,000-50,000
of gui form, the bombé body supported on
a circular stepped foot and set with two 㶭Ḧ昮ġġġ曺䘥䌱晽䌠朊䲳䮳⺷䆸
openwork handles issuing from ‘beast masks’,
Western Zhou-style angular tabs suspended ˪⣏㶭Ḧ昮ầ⎌˫⼴≈㫦
beneath the handles, the body carved with a
band of dissolved taotie masks in relief against Ը๕
a leiwen ground, further beast masks in high TįBįġKitsonġ㓞啷
relief above, a band of keyfret at the mouth, ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼1961⸜2㚰21㖍炻䶐嘇299
the base with a later-added Qianlong mark, the 䲸䲬喯⭴㭼1999⸜3㚰22军23㖍炻䶐嘇408
stone a faint green color with scattered traces
of russet
Width 8¾ in., 22.2 cm

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