A pale celadon jade lobed cup, Ming dynasty | 明青白玉菱花式雙耳盃

Auction Closed

September 22, 04:06 PM GTNN

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A pale celadon jade lobed cup

Ming dynasty

明青白玉菱花式雙耳盃

the eight-lobed floriform sides rising from a conforming pedestal foot, the sides set with a pair of archaistic scroll handles each incised at the top with a beast mask, the rim finely incised with a keyfret band, the highly polished translucent stone a pale celadon tone with natural inclusions

Width 4⅜ in., 11.2 cm

collects ion of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源

史蒂芬•瓊肯三世 (1978年逝) 收藏

Compare a closely related cup carved with a Yong Shou mark to the base, in the collects ion of Humphrey K. F. Hui, exhibited in Virtuous Treasures: Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table, University Museum and Art Gallery of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2008, cat. no. 14. See two similar examples of archaistic design, one of octagonal form in the collects ion of Queen Elizabeth II, published in John Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the collects ion of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. 3, London, 2016, pl. 1820; the other of rounded form in the collects ion of the British Museum, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade - From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 389, fig. 8.

A closed related example sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 29th May 2012, lot 4307. Another related example of round form with a landscape design sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 1st June 2017, lot 76.