A SMALL WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED CUP
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF RUTH PHILLIPS
A SMALL WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED CUP

18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A SMALL WHITE JADE TWO-HANDLED CUP
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The handles formed by two demons braced against the sides as they pull themselves up towards the rim, each with knobby backbone and shallow horns, wearing a leopard skin loin cloth and bangles at the wrists and ankles
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) across handles, wood stand
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 16 March 1984, lot 235.

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