A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE HANDLED CUP

Ming Dynasty

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.

明 雞骨玉雕單柄盃

Provenance:
Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent

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。