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.