Asian Art II - Part Two - 23rd May 2024

Lot 838

A CHINESE JADEITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1260

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Description

A CHINESE JADEITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY

The compressed circular body with two loose-ring handles issuing from dragon masks and with three lion-paw feet beneath lion masks, the cover with three further masks beneath a finial carved in high relief with a chilong bearing a lingzhi spray in its jaws, the stone mottled with green and russet markings, together with a wood stand, 13.8cm. (3)

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
注：本拍品不設底價。

Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.

Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.

Cf. P Schneeberger, The Baur Collection, Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones, 1976, no.B 63, for a similar jadeite incense burner.