Live Auction 17837Lacquer, Jade, Bronze, Ink: The Irving Collection Day Sale
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE "HILL" CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
Lot 1109 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A SPINACH-GREEN JADE "HILL" CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU

CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Closed21 March 2019

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE "HILL" CENSER AND COVER, BOSHANLU
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The censer with a rounded bowl carved with a band of archaistic bird design and raised on a spreading pedestal foot carved in relief with further archaistic decoration, the cover carved and pierced in the form of mountain peaks, the stone of rich spinach-green color with a few minor black inclusions
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high

The Irving Collection.

Specialist note

The shape of this jade censer, is based on bronze prototypes of Han-dynasty date, such as the Western Han, 1st century BC, bronze boshanlu included in the exhibition, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 45, and subsequently sold at Christie's, New York, 16 September 2010, lot 890, from the collection of Sze Yuan Tang. A similar green jade censer was sold at Christie's, New York, 15-16 March 2015, lot 3045.