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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE ‘LOTUS LEAF’
BRUSHPOT, BITONG
Of cylindrical form, carved in the form of a wrapped
lotus leaf with foliate rim detailed with veins, borne
on a stem issuing a lotus bud, the stone of a typical
dark-green tone with black inclusions and bright
green streaks, velvet box.
13cm (5 1/8in) high (2).

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000

碧玉蓮葉形筆筒

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A LARGE SPINACH-GREEN HARDSTONE
TIERED ‘PAGODA’ INCENSE BURNER AND
COVER
Late Qing Dynasty/ Republic Period
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)
£5,000 - 8,000
CNY45,000 - 71,000
清末/民國 石雕鏤雕塔式薰爐

Provenance: a Swiss private collection and thence
by descent

來源: 瑞士私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare a related 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.

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