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A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC CENSER AND COVER
QIANLONG INCISED FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The censer is raised on a short, circular foot, and is carved on each side with a taotie mask below a monster
mask carved in high relief between plain fanges on the waisted neck. The vessel is fanked by a pair of
elaborate scroll handles issuing from stylized dragon heads. The domed cover is similarly carved with two
taotie masks interrupted by fanges below a pierced fnial depicting a dragon grasping a faming pearl. The
semi-translucent stone of pale greenish-white color has brown inclusions, primarily on one side.
7Ω in. (19 cm.) wide across the handles

$20,000-30,000
(mark)
清乾隆 白玉仿古饕餮紋蓋簋 《乾隆年製》四字隸書款

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