A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY AND WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM CUP

LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY

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A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY AND WHITE JADE FLOWER-FORM CUP
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The cup is carved as an open flower with overlapping petals borne on a network of openwork leafy branches that form the base and continue around the sides where they bear three different flowers, including chrysanthemum and prunus, at the rim. The greenish-grey stone has extensive opaque white mottling.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) across

Provenance

Lizzadro Collection, Chicago, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.

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Lot Essay

A similar jade flower-form cup, dated to the Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court collection, is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p. 257, no. 198; like the present cup it has different flowers carved at the rim.

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