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An archaistic pale green jade rhyton,
Late Ming dynasty
德安堂藏玉
明末 青玉仿古玉角盃
15 cm
Catalogue Note:
The present piece belongs to a group of archaistic rhytons, whereby clambering dragons and scroll bands are common features. Compare, for example, two Ming dynasty rhytons in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, accession nos M.70.76.21 and AC1993.231.3.
For a Han dynasty prototype, see a jade rhyton decorated with a dragon terminated in a bifurcated tail, from the Qing court collection and now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession no. Gu-yu-002790), illustrated in The Refined Tase of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of the Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, p. 126 bottom left.
Provenance:
Christie's London, 16th November 1998, lot 9.
倫敦佳士得1998年11月16日，編號9
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Property from the De An Tang Collection
An archaistic pale green jade rhyton,
Late Ming dynasty
德安堂藏玉
明末 青玉仿古玉角盃
15 cm
Catalogue Note:
The present piece belongs to a group of archaistic rhytons, whereby clambering dragons and scroll bands are common features. Compare, for example, two Ming dynasty rhytons in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, accession nos M.70.76.21 and AC1993.231.3.
For a Han dynasty prototype, see a jade rhyton decorated with a dragon terminated in a bifurcated tail, from the Qing court collection and now in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession no. Gu-yu-002790), illustrated in The Refined Tase of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of the Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, Taipei, 1997, p. 126 bottom left.
Provenance:
Christie's London, 16th November 1998, lot 9.
倫敦佳士得1998年11月16日，編號9
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