PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR A LARGE...
PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LARGE COLLECTION OF JADE CARVINGS
ASSEMBLED OVER 20 YEARS, PIECES BOUGHT EITHER AT PUBLIC AUCTION OR PRIVATELY
A CELADON AND RUSSET ‘RICE-GRAIN’ PATTERN LIBATION CUP, YI
China, Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century
The bulbous body is raised on a tapering oval foot with raised edge and the mouth rim is crisply carved with a narrow, double-channelled border. A ring handle shaped as a chi dragon is set opposite to the broad spout, and the body is carved with rows of bosses as well as with ideograms, one to each side, Fu (福) and a Shou (壽).
H: 4,5 cm – L: 11 cm – w: 6,5 cm
Weight: 121 grams
Provenance:
- Christie’s South Kensington, London, United Kingdom, 2011/06/28, lot 22 (with original invoice);
- An important collection of jade carvings, mostly Ming libation cups, properties from a French private collector, assembled over 20 years, pieces either bought privately or at public auction.
青赤玉“米粒”纹杯
中国，明代，16-17世纪
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PROPERTIES FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A LARGE COLLECTION OF JADE CARVINGS
ASSEMBLED OVER 20 YEARS, PIECES BOUGHT EITHER AT PUBLIC AUCTION OR PRIVATELY
A CELADON AND RUSSET ‘RICE-GRAIN’ PATTERN LIBATION CUP, YI
China, Ming Dynasty, 16th-17th century
The bulbous body is raised on a tapering oval foot with raised edge and the mouth rim is crisply carved with a narrow, double-channelled border. A ring handle shaped as a chi dragon is set opposite to the broad spout, and the body is carved with rows of bosses as well as with ideograms, one to each side, Fu (福) and a Shou (壽).
H: 4,5 cm – L: 11 cm – w: 6,5 cm
Weight: 121 grams
Provenance:
- Christie’s South Kensington, London, United Kingdom, 2011/06/28, lot 22 (with original invoice);
- An important collection of jade carvings, mostly Ming libation cups, properties from a French private collector, assembled over 20 years, pieces either bought privately or at public auction.
青赤玉“米粒”纹杯
中国，明代，16-17世纪
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