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A PALE GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC 122
TWO-HANDLED CUP
Ming Dynasty
The deep rounded sides raised on a stepped
foot, carved with bands of whorls beneath a
key-fret border on the rim, flanked by a pair
of scroll handles carved on the top with a
taotie mask, the stone of pale green tone with
cloudy inclusions, wood stand and box.
12.6cm (5in) wide (3).

£3,000 - 5,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 CNY28,000 - 46,000

明 青白玉仿古勾雲紋雙耳杯

Provenance: a distinguished English private
collection, and thence by descent

來源：
顯貴英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare a related pale green jade two-
handled cup, Ming dynasty, illustrated in
Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011,
pl.131.

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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
ARCHAISTIC VASE, HU
Ming Dynasty
The pear-shaped body carved with
confronting stylised chilong above overlapping
lotus leaves, the neck flanked by pair of
mythical beast masks, each suspending a
loose ring, the high foot with a keyfret band,
wood stand and box.
22cm (7 1/8in) high (3).

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$22,000 - 33,000 CNY18,000 - 28,000

明 青白玉帶皮仿古夔龍紋鋪首銜環耳壺

Provenance: a distinguished English private
collection, and thence by descent

來源：
顯貴英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare a related green jade archaistic
hu vase, Ming dynasty, with tubular
handles, illustrated by Zheng Xinmiao, ed.,
Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2010,
pl.14.