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A ‘CHICKEN BONE’ JADE HANDLED CUP
Ming Dynasty
Expertly hollowed with deep sides rising from a short tapering foot to
an everted rim, a mythical beast with bifurcated tail biting the rim and
forming the handle, carved around the exterior with sinuous chilong
grasping lingzhi sprays in their mouths.
6.6cm (2 5/8in) wide.

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

明 雞骨玉雕單柄盃
Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent
Lot 3 (invoice)
來源：
倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今

The design of a chilong holding a lingzhi fungus its its mouth as seen
on the present cup was a motif used during the Ming dynasty; see
a pale green jade bowl, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection,
illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade
7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.103.

本例所飾螭龍銜芝為明代典型紋飾，參考清宮舊藏一例明青白玉盌，
收錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編7，明》，北京，2011年，
編號103。

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