A JADE ‘DRAGON SCROLL’ EAR CUP
A JADE ‘DRAGON SCROLL’ EAR CUP

LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC

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A JADE ‘DRAGON SCROLL’ EAR CUP
LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, CIRCA 570-476 BC
The oval cup is flanked by a pair of crescent moon-shaped handles. The exterior body is decorated with a band of stylised dragon motif above incised abstract shapes.
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) long, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999
Literature
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, pl. 215
Exhibited
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 215

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