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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A FINE PALE GREEN AND GREY JADE See a similar jade cup with three chilong
‘CHILONG’ CUP handles, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Zhongguo
Ming Dynasty guojia bowuguancang wenwu yanjiu congshu:
The cup with deep rounded sides and key-fret Yuqi juan, Shanghai, 2007 no.215. Another
border on the rim, rising from a short stepped jade cup with three dragons, Ming dynasty,
foot, clambered up by three writhing archaistic 16th/17th century, is in the Cleveland Museum
chilong with bifurcated tails, their heads of Art, illustrated by C.Y.Watt, Chinese Jades
resting on the lip of the cup forming loop from Han to Ch’ing, New York, 1980, p.165,
handles, the stone of pale green tone with no.139. A related jade cup with chilong
greyish patches, wood stand and box. exhibited as no.326 in the exhibition Chinese
11.6cm (4 5/8in) wide. (3). Jade Throughout the Ages was lent by the
Musée Guimet, no.MR 204-585. It is also
£8,000 - 12,000 interesting to note that a related jade cup with
CNY70,000 - 110,000 chilong found favour in the Islamic world and
was presented by Shah Abbas I to the Ardebil
Shrine in 1611, it is illustrated by S.Howard
明 青玉雕螭龍柄盃 Hansford, Chinese Carved Jades, London
1968, pl.80B.
Provenance: d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr
(1908 - 1985), and thence by descent Compare with a similar striated grey jade
來源：d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr（1908 - ‘chilong’ cup, Ming dynasty, which was sold at
d’Arcy Arthur Baker-Carr (1908 - 1985) 1985）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今 Bonhams London, 15 May 2014, lot 161.

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