A PALE CELADON JADE LOBED CENSER AND COVER, QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

A PALE CELADON JADE LOBED CENSER AND COVER

QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

清十八 / 十九世紀 青白玉雕饕餮紋獸耳活環獅鈕蓋爐

the body of compressed quadrilobed form, the exterior carved in high relief with archaistic taotie, the shoulders set to either side with a pair of lion-head loose-ring handles, all raised on five lion-mask cabriole feet, the conforming domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a playful pair of Buddhist lions, the stone with cloudy, milky-white inclusions (2)

Width 6 in., 15.5 cm