A Carved Jade Tripod Censer and Cover 19TH CENTURY the compressed spherical body of a mottled near-white stone with some dark brown speckles, raised on three animal feet below beast masks, carved with taotie masks, flanked by a pair of dragon-head handles, the domed cover of a pale celadon stone carved to show stylized dragons alternating with sets of flanges, surmounted by a floral blossom knot finial. Height 6 inches.