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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 652

A RETICULATED CELADON JADE CENSER AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 USD

A RETICULATED CELADON JADE CENSER AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY
清十八 / 十九世紀 青玉透雕蓮紋獸耳活環三足熏爐

of circular section with tapering sides carved in an openwork scrolling lotus and foliate design, set over three low cabriole legs in
the form of beast masks, the base with an abstract lotus motif in low relief, the everted rim set with a pair of openwork beast-
mask-form handles each suspending a loose ring, the domed cover with an openwork band of scrolling lotus beneath a ring of
petal lappets, the top of the cover applied with a circular finial surrounded by three applied recumbent rams, wood stand (3)

Width 7⅞ in., 20 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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