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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY OF K’UNG HSIANG-HSI (detail)
2023
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The compressed body is raised on three lion-mask supports and carved around
the sides with a band of confronted archaistic birds between the pair of openwork
dragon handles. The domed cover is carved with a similar band below a circular
fnial carved in openwork as a coiled dragon clutching a faming pearl. The stone is
of rich green color with darker mottling.
9 in. (22.8 cm.) across handles, wood stand
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
The K’ung Hsiang-Hsi (Kong Xiangxi, 1881- 1967) Collection, New York, and
thence by descent within the family.
清十八/十九世紀 碧玉雕饕餮紋龍耳蓋爐
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