QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
HEIGHT: 16CM
The fine white jade incense burner is of globular form flanked by everted handles and resting on high tripod feet. The censer is covered by a matching domed lid with a pierced coiled dragon finial. The censer and the cover are decorated overall with stylised taotie masks interspersed with raised flanges.
SIMILAR EXAMPLE
A closely related archaistic white jade tripod censer is published in Spink: Chinese Jade, London, June 1998, pp. 12-13, Catalogue No. 8
PROVENANCE
Highly Important Blue and White Porcelain and Hardstone Carvings from a Private Collection, Christie’s Hong Kong October 1995 Lot 1253
Sotheby’s Hong Kong November 1986 Lot 366
清乾隆 白玉雕仿古銅紋三腳雙耳帶蓋香爐
