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A PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE RHYTON CUP
Ming Dynasty
The well-hollowed vessel supported by the long tusks and trunk of
an elephant head with almond-shaped eyes, the central band carved
with archaistic designs beneath a further band of lappets with key-fret
borders, a chilong with bifurcated tail clambering up the side, the pale
stone with russet and milky-white inclusions, box and wood stand.
8.2cm (3 1/4in) high (3).

£10,000 - 15,000 CNY92,000 - 140,000
HK$110,000 - 160,000

明 青白玉帶皮仿古勾雲紋象首觥

Compare with a related archaistic elephant-head shaped rhyton cup,
but dated to the Qing dynasty, illustrated in The Complete Collection
of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1995,
pl.140.