CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED JADE / HARDSTONE CENSER

20TH CENTURY / REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER HAND-CARVED SPINACH-GREEN AND RUSSET HARDSTONE / JADE WITH INDUCED BURIAL CALCIFICATION A MONUMENTAL COVERED RITUAL CENSER OF LOBED QUATREFOIL SECTION, FLANKED BY PAIRS OF PHOENIX-HEAD HANDLES SUSPENDING LOOSE RINGS AND RAISED ON FOUR HEAVY ANIMALISTIC MASK-AND-PAW SUPPORTS. THE STEPPED CONFORMING COVER FEATURES CORRESPONDING LOOSE-RING HANDLES AND IS SURMOUNTED BY A FLARING FINIAL MEASURES APPROX. 13.75 IN HIGH AND 11.125 IN AT THE WIDEST POINT