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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC CUP
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
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A WHITE JADE ARCHAISTIC CUP
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The rounded sides are raised on a short foot with beaded edge and slightly convex bottom, and are well carved with a band of S-scroll pattern between rope-twist borders above a petal band and below a key-fret border at the rim, all interrupted by the pair of scroll handles carved on the flat tops with a taotie mask. A four-character mark, tian bao jia zi, is inscribed within a double square on the base. The well-polished, semi-translucent stone has some opaque white mottling and a russet flaw line.
5¾ in. (13.4 cm.) across handles
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The rounded sides are raised on a short foot with beaded edge and slightly convex bottom, and are well carved with a band of S-scroll pattern between rope-twist borders above a petal band and below a key-fret border at the rim, all interrupted by the pair of scroll handles carved on the flat tops with a taotie mask. A four-character mark, tian bao jia zi, is inscribed within a double square on the base. The well-polished, semi-translucent stone has some opaque white mottling and a russet flaw line.
5¾ in. (13.4 cm.) across handles