A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURAL CUP

Lot 1220
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 6 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718760
Lot 1220 | A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURAL CUP
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
A GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURAL CUP

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

The cup is carved in high relief with five immortals supported on a lattice-like network of lingzhi branches. One figure holds open a handscroll incised with a two-character inscription possibly reading wanshou (longevity). The interior is decorated with a floriform pattern.

6 in. (15 cm.) wide







Provenance

Charles Fredrick Faude, California, by 1992.
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