清十九世紀 青玉雕勾雲紋螭龍靈芝活環耳爐

the compressed body decorated round the middle with a fret-work band, the shoulder carved with two groups of three florets flanked by trailing ribbons, set between two openwork handles in the form of writhing chilong amid sprigs of lingzhi suspending loose rings, the mouth and foot similarly splayed and accented with four spurs carved to resemble truncated leaves, the stone a gray-green color with some brown and white inclusions, wood stand and cover (3)

1930年代於紐約購之，自此家族收藏。

The rim and one of the leaves along the rim has a small chip. There is a long diagonal fissure from the rim to one handle. The top of both open work handles with small nicks. One of the ring handles has a crack through it. All four leaf-form feet have small chips and one is missing its tip. There is a small nick to the foot rim.
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