A JADEITE TRIPOD CENSER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY |

the compressed globular body rising from three cabriole legs to a short waisted neck and everted rim, flanked by a pair of curved upright handles each detailed with grooved sides and pierced with rectangular apertures, the domed cover surmounted by flared petals forming the finial, the lustrous polished stone of a variegated yellow-green color with occasional russet patches (2)

Collection of Samuel M. (1830-1914) and Matilda (1837-1912) Nickerson. 
Gifted to The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, in 1900 (acc. no. 1900.797).

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson: presented to The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1900, cat. no. 45.