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A PALE GREEN JADE TWO-HANDLED
‘PRUNUS’ CUP
Ming Dynasty
Smoothly carved with deep rounded sides,
supported on a short slightly tapered foot ring, each
side with a high-relief carving of gnarled prunus
branches each with a flowering blossom, the
stone of pale green tone with brown-grey patches,
huanghuali stand.
12cm (4 3/4in) wide (2).

£1,500 - 2,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000

明 青白玉雕梅紋耳盃

Provenance: a Swiss private collection

來源：瑞士私人收藏

See a related white jade cup with flower-
shaped handles, Ming dynasty, illustrated in the
Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum:
Jade, 7, Beijing, 2011, p.162, no.142.

Compare with a similar pale green jade two handled
‘prunus’ cup, with chilong, Ming dynasty, which was
sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 28 May 2019, lot 15.

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