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七 76. Censer and cover, gai lu, the compressed body with flared rim and openwork chilong-dragon handles, carved on the body in archaic

十 style with taotie masks beneath high relief mythical animal masks, all on a straight lipped foot, the openwork cover with a band of
六 interlinked archaic-style phoenix birds beneath a chilong-dragon finial, the stone of pale celadon with a natural touch of russet on one

handle.
獸 6 ¾ inches, 17.2 cm handle to handle; 4 ½ inches, 11.5 cm total height.
面 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
紋 Openwork wood stand.
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耳 • From the Manno Art Museum collection, Osaka, Japan.
蓋 • Sold by Christie’s Hong Kong in their auction of Important Chinese Art, 29th/30th October 2001, lot 699, p. 210.
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• A related censer with openwork cover and loose ring handles, also carved in the archaic style, from the Toriel Collection, France,

青 was included by Marchant in their 80th anniversary exhibition of Chinese Jades from Han to Qing, 2005, no. 112, pp. 132/3;
白 another censer with an openwork cover is illustrated by Li Jiufang in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, ‘Chinese Jade’, Vol. 6, no. 88, p. 56;
玉 a further related example is illustrated by Kao Yu-chen and Lin Shwu-shih in Jade: Ch’ing Dynasty Treasures, from the National

Museum of History, Taiwan, no. 74, p. 139.

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