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Auction archive: Lot number 332

A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

Auction 20.03.1997
20 Mar 1997 - 21 Mar 1997
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$40,250
Auction archive: Lot number 332

A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER

Auction 20.03.1997
20 Mar 1997 - 21 Mar 1997
Estimate
US$40,000 - US$60,000
Price realised:
US$40,250
Beschreibung:

A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 18TH CENTURY The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole supports issuing from the mouths of lion-head masks, carved in shallow relief around the sides with an archaistic band incorporating two taotie masks below a narrow band of chevron pattern, with a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings surmounted by the forequarters of a winged dragon issuing from the flat rim, the domed cover carved with a similar archaistic band below a hollowed finial carved as a waisted band of petals rising to a ruyi collar, the semi-translucent stone well polished and of palest greenish-white tone 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) across handles, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 1997 - 21 Mar 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER 18TH CENTURY The compressed globular body raised on three cabriole supports issuing from the mouths of lion-head masks, carved in shallow relief around the sides with an archaistic band incorporating two taotie masks below a narrow band of chevron pattern, with a pair of loop handles suspending loose rings surmounted by the forequarters of a winged dragon issuing from the flat rim, the domed cover carved with a similar archaistic band below a hollowed finial carved as a waisted band of petals rising to a ruyi collar, the semi-translucent stone well polished and of palest greenish-white tone 7 3/8in. (18.7cm.) across handles, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 1997 - 21 Mar 1997
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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