LIAO-SONG DYNASTY (AD 907-1279)

Details

A RARE BEIGE AND RUSSET JADE FOOTED CUP
LIAO-SONG DYNASTY (AD 907-1279)
Raised on a slightly splayed foot, the cup has shallow, rounded sides and is carved on the exterior with a single rope-twist band. The semi-translucent stone has some russet veining.
2 7/8 in. (7.4 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York, no. JG380.
Anthony Carter, London, 29 March 2004.
The LJZ Collection, United States.

Literature

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 16-17, no. 3.

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Lot Essay

Several features of this elegant jade cup can also be found on two jade vessels dated to the Song period that are illustrated by Jessica Rawson in “Chinese Jade throughout the ages”, T.O.C.S., vol. 40, 1973-75, nos. 268 and 275. No. 268 is a plain jade (9.2 cm.) cup raised on a foot with projecting bottom edge similar to the foot of the present cup, while no. 275 is a zhi-shaped vessel decorated with similar rope-twist bands.

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