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A WHITE JADE ‘LOTUS’ STEM CUP
MING DYNASTY
the flaring U-shaped cup finely carved in high relief around the exterior with two registers of lotus petals, the tips gently curling for a fluted effect,
the interior of the cup smooth, all supported atop an integral slender splayed foot with a rope-twist band in high relief around the center above a band
of incised pendent leaves, the base carved with the characters qian shou (‘a thousand years of longevity’) in seal script within a square, the stone a
translucent pale beige-white color flecked with brown
明 白玉雕蓮花式高足盃
《千壽》款
Height 2⅜ in., 5.9 cm
$ 10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Anunt Hengtrakul, New York. Anunt Hengtrakul，紐約
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版207
pl. 207.

Jade stem cups of the Ming dynasty are rare, and the present cup belongs to a particularly small subtype. The only other known example of
this design, albeit slightly taller and carved with a different variety of petal, was in the collection of Mr. and Ms. Alfred Clark, exhibited in
the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-36, cat. no. 2819, and later sold at Christie’s London,
10th June 1996, lot 143. A related subtype of Ming jade stem cups share this same general form — including the proportions, intimate scale,
banded stem, and flaring foot — but have lobed sides, and the exterior of these cups are carved in low relief with floral sprays and auspicious
characters. Examples of this type include a celadon jade version in the collection of the Tianjin Museum of Art, published in Zhongguo
bowuguan congshu: Tianjinshi yishu bowuguan [Chinese Museums Series: Tianjin City Art Museum], vol. 6, Beijing, 1994, cat. no. 218; and
a pale grayish-green jade cup sold at Christie’s New York, 14th September 2017, lot 724.

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A SMALL PALE CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A HORSE
MING DYNASTY
in a recumbent pose with the legs folded beneath the body, the tail swept to one side, the head turned all the way around gazing behind, the finely
incised mane parted down the center and falling in waves to each side of the neck, the hair on the tail and legs also carefully delineated, the stone a
faint green color with fine russet veins concentrated at the head and hind quarters
明 青白玉雕臥馬把件
Length 2⅛ in., 5.3 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Purchased in Hong Kong, 1964. 購於香港，1964年
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection of 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至清代》，
Chinese Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, 芝加哥，2008年，圖版111
pl. 111.

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