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A VERY RARE JADE ‘DRAGON AND LADY’ CUP
Song/Yuan Dynasty
Exquisitely carved with a rounded body gently tapering towards a
recessed base, with a high-relief sinuous dragon clambering up the
vessel, and on the opposite side with a flowing goddess lavishly
adorned in fluttering robes with delicate facial features, her hair tied
up into chignons gazing at the dragon, the smoothly polished stone
of attractive creamy white tone suffused with smoky black striations,
the base incised with a later added four-character mark ‘Yongbao
changchun’ in seal script, wood stand.
11.5cm (4 1/2in) wide (2).
HK$300,000 - 400,000
US$39,000 - 51,000
Provenance:
Sotheby’s New York, 22 March 1994, lot 2
The Songzhutang collection, no.81
Published and Illustrated:
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade,
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.81
宋/元 灰白玉遊龍仙子盃
來源：
紐約蘇富比，1994年3月22日，拍品編號2
松竹堂收藏，編號81
出版及著錄：
霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版81

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