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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 651

AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE CENSER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 USD

AN ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE CENSER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
清十八世紀 青玉雕夔龍紋獸耳活環簋式爐

of gui form with a spreading foot, the rim set with a pair of beast-mask-form handles each suspending a loose ring, the body
divided into panels by notched vertical flanges, each panel carved in low relief with a coiled kuilong against a leiwen ground, the
foot with abstracted cicadas also divided by flanges, bands of chevron at the edge of the foot and rim, the stone a pale green color
with a cluster of white inclusions at one side

Width 6¼ in., 15.9 cm

Provenance
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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