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A white and russet jade ‘chilong’ pouring cup, yi A rare pale green jade inscribed pouring vessel, yi
17th/18th century Ming Dynasty
Raised on a short foot, the body of oval section decorated with a Raised on three small feet with a squared handle opposite the pouring
band of scrolls on a ground of incised key-fret, with a pierced chilong lip, elegantly decorated on each side of the body with a sinuous
on one side forming the handle and biting onto the rim, the stone of an chilong below a narrow band of scrolls, the base with a six-character
even pale tone with attractive deep russet inclusions. zhuanshu inscription, the stone of a pale green tone with very slight
9.6cm (3 3/4in) wide pale grey-brown inclusions, silver-inlaid pierced wood stand.
11.2cm (4 1/2in) long (2).
HK$100,000 - 150,000
US$13,000 - 19,000 HK$80,000 - 120,000
US$10,000 - 15,000
十七/十八世紀 白玉帶皮雕仿古雷紋螭龍柄匜
明 青玉雕螭龍紋匜
Provenance 來源:
Roger Keverne Ltd., London 銘文：「子孫其永寶用」
A distinguished English private collection
Provenance 來源:
W.G.Wrigley, prior to 1936
Roger Keverne Ltd., London, acquired on 10 May 2002
A distinguished English private collection

Published 出版:
S.C.Nott, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, London, 1936,
opposite page 43, pl.XXXI

The inscription reads 子孫其永寶用 Zi sun qi yong bao yong which
translates as: ‘My sons and grandsons may preciously make use of it
in eternity.’

Compare a related jade pouring vessel, yi, Ming dynasty, illustrated
in Studies of the Collections of the National Museum of China: Jade,
Beijing, 2007, pl.210.

參照一件明代的玉匜，著錄於《中國國家博物館館藏文物研究叢書：
玉器卷》，北京，2007年，圖版210。

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