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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

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A hardstone tiered ‘pagoda’ incense
burner and cover
Late Qing Dynasty/ early 20th century
The dark green stone flecked with brighter green
and ochre inclusions, the body raised on three
animal-mask legs and carved with archaistic
chilong scrolls, flanked by two reticulated scroll
handles each suspending a loose-ring, the neck
also with reticulated square scrolls, surmounted
by a three-layered reticulated cylindrical parfumier
carved with shou characters and the central band
set with four chilong each wrapped around a
scroll-like embellishment, the cover shaped as a
six-peaked tiled roof, each peak terminating in a
mythical beast suspending a loose-ring bell, all
surmounted by a tall tiered finial carved with three
chilong handles beneath bats amidst cloud scrolls,
wood stand, fitted box.
Overall 64.5cm (24 3/8in) high (6).
£12,000 - 15,000
HK$150,000 - 190,000
CNY120,000 - 150,000

清晚期/二十世紀早期 綠硬石塔式蓋爐
Provenance: a Swiss private collection and thence
by descent
來源:瑞士私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去
Compare a similar jasper incense burner in the
shape of a pagoda illustrated in the Compendium
of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 10,
Beijing, 2011, pp.144-145, pl.106.

A ‘jasper’ tiered incense burner and cover,
Qing Dynasty; image courtesy of the
Palace Museum, Beijing

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