A CELADON JADE 'PEACH' CUP

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A CELADON JADE 'PEACH' CUP
probably 17th century

The cup formed as a half-fruit, the handle carved and pierced in high relief as a leafy branch issuing flower-heads and buds and enclosing a shou character, the stone of with some paler inclusions and russet striations
6½in. (16.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Cf. the peach cup in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1983, Catalogue, p.23; and the Ming Dynasty example, signed Zigang in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by R. Keverne, Jade, 1991, fig.37, p.143

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