A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE HOLDER AND COVER

Lot 827
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Lot 827 | A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE HOLDER AND COVER
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A WELL-CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE INCENSE HOLDER AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

The incense holder of rectangular section is well-carved with a continuous scene of scholars at various pursuits in a rocky landscape amidst pavilions and trees, including pine, plantain and paulownia, all between key-fret borders. The stone is of pale greenish-white color. The incense holder is set with a spinach-green jade cover carved with a coiled dragon and a short base incised with a key-fret border.

10 ¼ in. (26 cm.) high





Provenance

Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2001, lot 57.

Anthony Carter, London, 29 November 2004.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 96-97, no. 42.
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