Fine Chinese Paintings and Works of Art - 17th May 2022
Lot 413
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £25000
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Description
A CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
QIANLONG 1736-95
Raised upon a short splayed foot, the rounded sides carved in low relief with overlapping lotus petals, decorated with three openwork chrysanthemum handles, the lotus-formed domed cover with a similarly reticulated finial, the stone of even pale tone, with a wood stand, 12cm wide. (3)
Provenance: by direction of the executors of the late Sylvia Quance (d.20th September 2020). From the collection of Gordon W Quance LLM (1931-2017), purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, on 29th July 1966, a copy of the invoice is available.
Cf. R Keverne, Jade, p.178, fig.126, for a related incense burner.