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  A YELLOW JADE EARCUP

    HAN DYNASTY OR LATER

   The oval cup is flanked by a pair of crescent moon-shaped handles
   that is carved and pierced with abstract shapes.The exterior body is
   decorated with a ruyi-form motif interrupted by two animal masks,
   below a further band of ruyi-heads around the mouth.The interior
   is delicately incised with a scrolling motif enclosed by a double line
   border while the base is incised with two phoenix.
   5 Ω in. (13.5 cm.) long, box

  HK$500,000-800,000US$65,000-100,000

     PROVENANCE

   Acquired in Hong Kong, 1994
   漢或以後　　黃玉鳳紋耳盃
   來源
   1994 年購於香港

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