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A RARE PALE GREEN AND RUSSET JADE
INSCRIBED ARCHAISTIC CUP
Ming Dynasty
The deep oval vessel set on a short foot with
spreading rim, carved with three horizontal
bands, the upper bearing a two-line archaic-
character inscription, the middle register with
stylised archaistic chilong motifs, the lower
with scrollwork designs, the openwork handle
carved in the form of a sinuous scrolling
dragon, the greenish-yellow stone with russet
veining and inclusions.
11cm (4 3/8in) high.
£12,000 - 18,000
CNY110,000 - 160,000
明 青白玉仿古紋觥

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London,
E. A. Parry (1879-1946), London, acquired
from the above on 30 November 1938, and
thence by descent
Lot 7 (invoice)
來源：
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦E. A. Parry（1879-1946）舊藏，於1938
年11月30日購自上者，並由後人保存迄今

Archaistic jade vessels similar to the present 玉質青黃，赭褐沁呈色自然。橢圓體，深膛
lot were probably based on jade rhytons 矮足，口微侈。器外壁環以三周紋飾，最上
dating to the Han dynasty. See a jade vessel 一週為明異體篆書銘文兩行，中層雕螭龍
excavated from the tomb of the King of 紋，下層飾羽翅紋。鏤空盃鋬以一矯健遊龍
Nanyue, Guangdong Province, illustrated by 造型。
J.Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
to the Qing, London, 1995, p.70, fig.61, 此類仿古玉器多以漢代玉觥為濫觴。如廣東
which, in turn, appears to have been based 西漢南越王墓中出土一件角形玉盃，圖見
on Western Asian forms shaped as horns J.Rawson著，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic
rising from a twisted, bifurcated tail-form to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁70，圖61；
handle at the bottom and incised around the 其器形源於西亞，形似犀角，底部捲曲成把
sides with scroll decoration. By the Song 手，盃身纏以回環往復之龍紋。至宋明兩代，
and Ming dynasties, this shape was modified 該類器型持續發生衍變，盃身多飾以仿東週及
and the sides carved with bands of archaistic 兩漢時期青銅禮器及玉器之紋樣，並常見高浮
decoration inspired by that found on ritual 雕螭龍紋，鋬以龍造型為多。
bronzes and jades of the Eastern Zhou and
Han dynasties, often with the addition of 比較一例清宮舊藏明代玉仿古銅紋單耳盃，
chilong carved in high relief around the sides, 外壁亦雕三周紋飾，收錄於《故宮博物院藏
and sometimes with a dragon-form handle, 文物珍品全集：玉器（中）》，香港，1995，
such as the one which can be noted on the 頁232-233，編號183。另有一例十七世纪紀青
present cup. 黃玉雕角盃，售於倫敦佳士得，2010年11月
12日，拍品編號1178，可資比對。
Compare with a related jade cup, Ming
dynasty, decorated with archaistic designs of
Image courtesy of the Palace Museum, Beijing cicadas, taotie masks and stylised dragons,
in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, vol.2, Hong Kong, 1995,
pp.232-233, no.183.

A related yellowish-celadon jade rhyton cup,
17th century, was sold at Christie’s London,
12 November 2010, lot 1178.

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