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           A PALE GREEN JADE ‘EIGHT BUDDHIST EMBLEMS’        The Eight Buddhist Emblems, believed to bring peace and blessings,
           INCENSE BURNER AND COVER                          became codified in the order listed during the Qianlong period.
           18th century                                      The present lot is likely to have been specially commissioned for
           Skilfully carved around the sides with evenly-spaced ribboned Eight   religious rituals in the Qing Court or as a birthday gift endowed with
           Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, and two stylised shou characters,   auspicious wishes.
           flanked by a pair of reticulated handles in the form of leafy
           chrysanthemums, the domed cover further decorated with shou   Compare two pale green jade incense burners also with open flower-
           characters interspersed with flowers, surmounted by a circular knop   head handles but with suspended loose ring-handles and pierced
           carved in openwork with leafy chrysanthemums, the stone of pale   covers, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
           green tone with milky speckles, stand, box.       Museum, Jadeware (II) , Shanghai, 2008, pp.38-39, nos.30 and 31.
           17.5cm (6 7/8) wide (4).
           £8,000 - 12,000
           CNY70,000 - 110,000
           十八世紀 青白玉雕萬壽菊八吉祥香薰

           Provenance: Durwin Tang Collection

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