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INCENSIERE CON COPERCHIO IN GIADA CELADON PALLIDO IN STILE ARCAICO, CINA, DINASTIA QING, XVIII SECOLO
A FINE PALE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC CENSER AND COVER, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The compressed globular body rising from a short spreading foot to a waisted neck with everted rim, the rounded
sides carved in archaistic style with two taotie masks in low relief divided by two strap handles raising from a short
flaring foot and issuing from a shaped mythical beast, the domed cover carved with the same decoration and
surmounted by a carved disc-shaped socket flat finial. In good conditions, some flow veining, minor wear on the
surface, the translucent stone of a pale celadon color with opaque white inclusions, and russet coloration, tiny nicks.
12,4 cm high, 20,5 cm wide
€ 5.000 - 10.000
Provenance: from the private collection of a Lady in south of Italy, and thence descendants
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