Chinese pale celadon & mottled grey jade archaistic style censer. 18th/19th century finely carved diapers and taotie masks with dragon handles. Lacking cover. Provenance: Estates late Adolphe and Asra Alexander, a German-Thai couple involved with architecture, interior design and import-export merchant trading, initially operating in Bangkok they moved to Brisbane in 1960. Asra was the daughter of a German merchant living in Thailand whose Company imported luxury European goods, and (with Royal warrant) counted the Thai palace among their customers. Thence by descent - private collection, Canberra. Width 14 cm