Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 6 March 2017

English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • A Chinese carved jade censor and cover, 20t century


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
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A Chinese carved jade censor and cover, 20t century
carved in high relief with the figure of a phoenix, its mouth with a loose ring handle and its back carved with a vase, carved with a pair of writhing dragons with bifucated tails contesting a flaming pearl, the domed cover carved with a further dragon, his right paw resting on a cloud, the stone of even pale tone, 17,5cm high


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