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PROPERTY FROM THE JUNKUNC COLLECTION
A MOTTLED WHITE AND PALE BEIGE JADE CUP, ZHI
LATE MING - EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
Details
A MOTTLED WHITE AND PALE BEIGE JADE CUP, ZHI
LATE MING - EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The cylindrical cup is raised on three feet carved in the form of a lion, an elephant and a ram, and is carved around the sides with an archaistic dragon and a phoenix against a ground of small bosses. One side has an angular handle carved with a clambering chilong. The stone is of a mottled white and pale beige color with chalky texture.
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
LATE MING - EARLY QING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The cylindrical cup is raised on three feet carved in the form of a lion, an elephant and a ram, and is carved around the sides with an archaistic dragon and a phoenix against a ground of small bosses. One side has an angular handle carved with a clambering chilong. The stone is of a mottled white and pale beige color with chalky texture.
3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978) Collection, before 1958.
Literature
A. Salmony, Chinese Jade Through the Wei Dynasty, New York, 1963, pl. XXXVIII.
Brought to you by
Vicki Paloympis (潘薇琦)
Head of Department, VP, Specialist