17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A WELL-CARVED WHITE JADE CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The bell-shaped cup raised on a ring foot and with a pair of handles formed by two chilong peering at each other over the rim, the bifurcated manes finely incised, their slender bodies with long tail curved to one side while a long crest trailing from the back of their heads curves to the other side, the luminous stone of even white color with some natural russet coloring
5 in. (12.7 cm.) across handles

Lot Essay

Compare a Yuan dynasty green jade cup with chilong-form handles, in the collection of the Museum of History, Hangzhou, illustrated in A Collection of Cultural Relics in Hangzhou, Beijing, 2001, p. 129. This form also appears in gilt bronze, as seen in a 17th century cup with dragon handles, illustrated by M. Goedhuis, Chinese and Japanese Bronzes, AD 1100-1900, London, 1989, no. 26.

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