A RARE HAN-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE CYLINDRICAL CUP SONG - MING DYNASTY
A RARE HAN-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE CYLINDRICAL CUP
SONG - MING DYNASTY
the cylindrical vessel supported on three short crouching bear-form feet, set to one side with a circular loop handle with a sharply upswept spur, finely carved with an archaistic design of a dragon in pursuit of a phoenix reserved on a ground of raised bosses bordered by narrow bands of coiled C-scrolls at the base and foot, the yellowish-green stone with russet inclusions
Height 3 3/8 in., 8.7 cm
Provenance:
Fritz Low-Beer & Co., New York, 6th April 1950.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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A RARE HAN-STYLE PALE GREEN JADE CYLINDRICAL CUP
SONG - MING DYNASTY
the cylindrical vessel supported on three short crouching bear-form feet, set to one side with a circular loop handle with a sharply upswept spur, finely carved with an archaistic design of a dragon in pursuit of a phoenix reserved on a ground of raised bosses bordered by narrow bands of coiled C-scrolls at the base and foot, the yellowish-green stone with russet inclusions
Height 3 3/8 in., 8.7 cm
Provenance:
Fritz Low-Beer & Co., New York, 6th April 1950.
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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