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A PAIR OF GOLD CUPS
Ming dynasty, circa 1600
The side walls carefully hammered into eight lobes, rising from a
slightly flayed foot ring, and finished with a conforming, rolled lip rim.
1 3/8 in (3.5cm) diameter
2 1/2 in (6 cm) high (2).
US$25,000 - 35,000
明 約十六世紀前後 花瓣形金杯一對
Compare a related example of a single gold cup published and
illustrated in The Art of the Chinese Goldsmith, The Cheng Xun Tang
Collection (Hong Kong: Art Museum, Institute of Chinese Studies, The
Chinese University Hong Kong, 2007), part II, pp. 518 – 519, no. G99.
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