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The Property of a Gentleman 紳士藏品
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A rare small white jade tripod
incense burner and cover
Qianlong
The attractive stone of even colour, smoothly
formed around the body supported on three taotie
mask feet, the loose-ring handles each suspended
from a further animal-mask, the domed cover
surmounted by a coiled mythical beast with a
single horn amidst the flowing mane, silver-inlaid
wood stand.
8.7cm (3 3/8in) wide (3).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000
CNY49,000 - 79,000
清乾隆 白玉雕雙獸耳活環三足蓋爐
Provenance: An English private collection
來源：英國私人收藏

The Property of a Scottish Family
蘇格蘭家族藏品
133
A reticulated green jade ‘floral’
incense burner
19th century
The green jade with some cloudy inclusions
carved with six luxuriant peony blossoms around
the body on a reticulated leafy ground, each of
the two handles formed as a branch issuing one
chrysanthemum blossom and two buds, the
incense burner mounted on a separately formed
spreading foot similarly carved with a reticulated
floral scroll.
21cm (8¼in) wide
£4,000 - 6,000
HK$50,000 - 75,000
CNY39,000 - 59,000
十九世紀 綠玉鏤雕牡丹紋雙菊耳爐
Provenance: a Scottish private collection
來源：蘇格蘭私人收藏
The intricacy of the carving of the present incense
burner demonstrates the craftsmanship achieved in
the jade ateliers during the Qing Dynasty. Related
examples from the Qing Court Collection are
illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed., Compendium
of Collections in the Palace Museum - Jade, Qing
Dynasty, vol.10, Beijing, 2010, pls.95 and 97. See
also two further examples illustrated in Studies of
the Collections of the National Museum of China -
Jade, Beijing, 2007, pls.243-244.

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