Brûle-parfum couvert archaïsant en jade céladon pâle Dynastie Qing, époque Qianlong

la panse hémisphérique sculptée de motifs archaïsants rythmée d'arêtes en relief, flanquée d'anses en têtes d'animaux fabuleux soutenant des anneaux mobiles, reposant sur un pied évasé fait dans un autre morceau de jade, le couvercle orné des mêmes motifs et surmonté d'une prise ajourée aplatie en forme d'un dragon enroulé sur lui-même, socle en bois (3)

Acquired from Drouot, Paris, 19th and 20th February 1934, lot 93.

Both censer and cover are well-carved, the foot of the censer carved separately but of the same piece of stone as the censer and cover. Both censer and cover are in very good overall condition. There are very minute fritts or bruises to the edges and raised parts of the carving. There is a ca. 1cm long shallow and possibly slightly polished chip to the rim of the foot. The colour of the stone is a more celadon tone than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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