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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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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.) across the handles
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          $40,000-60,000
          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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