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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A SMALL INSCRIBED PALE CELADON JADE LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
Details
A SMALL INSCRIBED PALE CELADON JADE LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
The cup is carved with a cursive poetic inscription signed Zi Gang, beside pine branches and pavilions. The reticulated handle is carved and pierced in the form of a bird perched upon flowering prunus branches, inset with a red stone. The stone is of a pale even tone with some minor streaked inclusions.
4 in. (10 cm.) wide
17TH CENTURY
The cup is carved with a cursive poetic inscription signed Zi Gang, beside pine branches and pavilions. The reticulated handle is carved and pierced in the form of a bird perched upon flowering prunus branches, inset with a red stone. The stone is of a pale even tone with some minor streaked inclusions.
4 in. (10 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired in Asia in the early 20th century.
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Samantha Yuen