A PALE CELADON JADE 'CHILONG' CUP

17TH CENTURY

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A PALE CELADON JADE 'CHILONG' CUP
17TH CENTURY
The cup is carved in high relief to the exterior with three chilong with their jaws and front paws on the rim of the vessel, forming the cup's handles. The attractively polished stone is of an even pale celadon tone with minor russet and cloudy inclusions.
5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

For similar cups carved with three dragons, see Jadeware (II): The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, p. 248, no. 191. An example in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Jessica Rawson and John Ayers, Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, no. 381; and another in the Cleveland Museum of Art was exhibited Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Asia House Gallery, New York, The Asia Society, 1980, and illustrated by James C. Y. Watt, catalogue no. 139, pp. 165-6.

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