An exceptionally fine Chinese white jade incense burner and cover Qianlong/Jianqing, the compressed circular body carved in shallow relief with stylized taotie masks on a wide key fret band and with loop handles to the shoulders above further stylized masks, the reticulated finial carved as a twin horned dragon, the cover with three mask and ring knops on an archaistic band, 14.6cm. (2)

Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from J Sparks Ltd in the 1920s.

清乾隆  白玉雕饕餮雲龍獸首薰爐

來源:1920年購自J Sparks, 英國私人收藏