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A PALE GREEN JADE ‘CHI DRAGON’ CUP
14th/15th century
The deeply-hollowed U-shaped cup with straight sides, flanked by two
confronted chi dragons forming handles, clambering over the sides
with their front paws extended over the rim, the cup raised on a slightly
flared circular foot, the semi-translucent stone of a pale-green tone
with minor russet inclusions, fitted box.
16cm (6 1/4in) wide (2).

HK$200,000 - 300,000
US$26,000 - 39,000

十四/十五世紀 青白玉雙龍耳杯

The shape of the present lot is similar to that of qingbai glazed 此類玉雕雙龍耳杯可能受宋元時期影青瓷影響，見J.C.S. Lin，
porcelain cups, made during the Southern Song and Yuan dynasties; 《The Immortal Stone: Chinese Jades from the Neolithic period to the
see J.C.S. Lin, The Immortal Stone: Chinese Jades from the Neolithic twentieth century》，劍橋，2009年，圖版60。
Period to the Twentieth Century, Cambridge, 2009, p.69, pl.60.
巴黎吉美博物館藏一件十五世紀或更早至宋代的青玉杯，為法國外
Compare a related pale green jade cup, first half 15th century, which 交家朱爾·馬扎然（1653-1661）舊藏，著錄於Tsao Huei-chung，
entered the collection of Cardinal Mazarin between 1653-1661, in 《Jade: From Emperors to Art Deco》，巴黎，2016年，編號175；
the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated by Tsao Huei-chung, Jade: From 另見北京故宮博物院藏一件明代青玉雙龍杯，其龍角與此杯類似，見
Emperors to Art Deco, Paris, 2016, no.175, where it is noted that it 故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編7》，北京，2011年，圖118。另見北
could be dated to as early as the Song dynasty. Compare also another 京故宮博物院藏一件元代青玉十邊形雙耳杯，為宮廷中傳世的元代陳
pale green jade cup, Ming dynasty, the chi dragon handles also with 設玉，可資參考，見楊伯達，《中國玉器全集》，河北，2005年，
an elaborate horn, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the 圖185。
Palace Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.118. See also
a related green jade faceted cup, Yuan dynasty, illustrated by Yang 此式雙龍耳杯至乾隆一朝亦有仿製，見北京故宮博物院藏一例，《故
Boda, Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji, Hebei, 2005, no.185. 宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編10》，北京，2011年，頁196，圖147。

This form continued from the Southern Song dynasty to the Qing 香港佳士得曾售出十六世紀青玉螭龍杯一件，尺寸較小，2015年4月
dynasty, as demonstrated by a related white jade octagonal cup with 6日，拍品248。
chi dragon handles, Qianlong seal mark and period, from the Qing
Court collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 10 Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl.147.

A similar but smaller white jade ‘chilong’ cup, 16th century (with a later
spinach-jade stand), was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 6 April 2015,
lot 248.

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