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A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘BUFFALO’ RHYTON CUP
Ming Dynasty
Of deep-U shape with a buffalo head at the base, incised with
archaistic taotie mask underneath a geometric band, the yellow
and russet stone cleverly worked to accentuate the buffalo’s
snout, box.
4.8cm (1 7/8in) (2).
HKD60,000 - 80,000
US$7,600 - 10,000

明 黃玉牛首來通杯

Provenance:
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 4 June 2020, lot 403
來源：
香港蘇富比，2020年6月4日，拍品編號403
Animal-headed rhytons probably began in China as a result of
Sassanian influence in about the 7th century, and the use of
the rhyton cup as wine vessel in China goes back to at least
the beginning of the Han dynasty. Yet a rhyton cup of such
delicate size as the present lot is very rare, see for example a
Tang dynasty burnt white jade carved bovine-headed rhyton in
the Metropolitan Museum collection, illustrated in Chinese Jades
from Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980, p.55. Compare also a
closely related jade rhyton with a buffalo head from the Durwin
Tang collection, Song/Ming, which was sold in these rooms on
27 November 2018, lot 166.

黃玉質，底部雕牛首，背面陰刻饕餮紋，靠口沿處雕圓穿孔，內
119 膛掏空至牛鼻處。

來通為音譯，源自古希臘語 rh tón，為角形酒器，曾流行於整
個歐亞大陸，時間貫穿古希臘、古羅馬以及中國商代至漢唐。
此杯為明代仿古器，仍然保留來通杯動物首及角形。紐約大都
會博物館藏一件唐代玉雕牛首來通杯，見屈志仁著，《Chinese
Jades from Han to Ch’ing》，紐約，1980年，頁55。另可比
較一件天珍堂舊藏宋/明玉雕來通杯，形制裝飾與本件頗似，惟
較大之，2018年11月27日售於香港邦瀚斯，拍品編號166。

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A BLACK AND GREEN JADE CUP
19th century
The steep straight sides raised on a short straight foot, the
underside carved with a chrysanthemum flower, the translucent
green stone with variegated black and russet streaks, box.
5.8cm (2 1/4in) high (2).
HKD15,000 - 20,000
US$1,900 - 2,500

十九世紀 青灰玉小杯
青玉質，青中閃灰，圓唇，直壁，下腹斜收圈足，足底浮雕菊
瓣紋。

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