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A PALE GREEN JADE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER, This piece embodies the brilliant creativity of Qing craftsmen in its
DING combination of contemporary and archaic motifs. Continuing the Song
Qianlong tradition of reinterpreting large archaic ritual bronzes into relatively
Skilfully carved around the sides with archaistic motifs and taotie masks, small jade vessels, this incense burner is carved with the archaic taotie
flanked by a pair of auspicious bat handles, all supported on three motif. In response to jade carving in the 18th century, characterised
short feet issuing from mythical beast-heads, the domed cover similarly by decorative objects with ornate high-relief designs, the Qianlong
decorated with taotie masks, surmounted by a circular dragon finial emperor commissioned a large number of jades which were inspired
carved in openwork, the stone of pale green tone with milky inclusions. by the forms and designs of antiquity. Jade carvers were encouraged
21cm (8 1/4in) wide. (2). to move away from the ‘new style’ by studying archaic bronze vessels
in the Palace collection or in illustrated woodblock prints, and adapting
£20,000 - 30,000 them to the medium of jade. Inspired in both form and decoration by
CNY180,000 - 260,000 archaic bronze ding, this incense burner epitomises this trend.

清乾隆 青白玉浮雕獸紋三足香薰 Compare with a related white jade incense burner and cover with
archaistic taotie design, Qing dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of
Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, 10, Beijing, 2011, p.135, no.98.
Provenance: an English private collection

來源：英國私人收藏

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