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136 A RARE HAN-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE CYLINDRICAL CUP
SONG - MING DYNASTY
宋至明 玉雕龍鳳紋卮
the cylindrical vessel supported on three short crouching bear-form feet, set to one side with a circular loop handle with
a sharply upswept spur, finely carved with an archaistic design of a dragon in pursuit of a phoenix reserved on a ground
of raised bosses bordered by narrow bands of coiled C-scrolls at the base and foot, the yellowish-green stone with russet
inclusions
Height 3⅜ in., 8.7 cm
$ 400,000-600,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Fritz Low-Beer & Co., New York, 6th April 1950. Fritz Low-Beer & Co.，紐約，1950年4月6日
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
LITERATURE 出版
Alfred Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, Alfred Salmony，《Chinese Jade Through the Wei
New York, 1963, pl. XXXIX, fig. 1. Dynasty》，紐約，1963年，圖版XXXIX，圖1
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