A LARGE CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC INCENSE BURNER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of fanggui form, flanked by a pair of stylised dragon handles, the exterior worked in relief with a band of taotie masks divided by raised flanges, similarly decorated to the foot with archaistic scrolls, the neck with confronting kui dragons divided by animal masks, the stone of a pale celadon tone suffused with milky-caramel inclusions, wood stand

Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999), and thence by descent in the family.