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A MINIATURE WHITE JADE STEM CUP The miniature size of the present lot suggests that it was probably
18th century made for a curio box set or used for stronger liquor. The use of stem
Delicately carved with a U-shaped body standing on a tall cups became popular in the Yuan dynasty and its popularity continued
splayed foot, flat base, the undecorated stone of an attractive during the Ming and Qing dynasties. See a 15th/16th century jade
even white tone, box. stem cup in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated in
5.2cm (2in) high (2). Chinese Jades, M. Wilson, London, 2004, no.34.

HKD60,000 - 80,000 白玉質，細平口，杯身下收於高圈足，玉質白潤。
US$7,600 - 10,000
此杯容量較小，或為百寶盒中物，或為高度酒所備。明代之後蒸餾技
十八世紀 白玉小高足杯 術進步，酒度數隨之升高，同時酒杯容量逐漸變小，使不易醉也。高
足杯本為北方遊牧民族所用酒具，長把易於馬上把持，此器型由元代
Provenance: 流行至明代，參考英國維多利亞及艾伯特博物館藏一件十五/十六世
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 April 1997, lot 782 紀高足杯，見M. Wilson著，《Chinese Jades》，倫敦，2004年，
圖34。
來源:
香港蘇富比，1997年4月30日，拍品編號782

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