A Grey and Celadon Jade 'Dragon' Handled Cup

YUAN/MING DYNASTY

元/明青玉螭龍雙耳杯
the mossy stone attractively streaked with variegated striations of grey, black, and subtle amber flecks; carved with double handles in the form of two opposing beasts emerging from the foot of the cup, with slender bodies arching towards the plain mouth rim, with softly incised details at the flaring nostrils, horns, and tails curling against the smooth walls, all raised above a conical reticulated hardwood stand.

Width 5 3/4 in., 14.6 cm.

The cup presenting in overall good and attractive stable condition: the surface with some minor nicks and fleabites, particularly to carved regions and mouth rim, The stone with natural stable fissures, notably to the edge of one handle and the chilong tail to the exterior of one wall, and a having an old 'v' shaped chip to the foot rim. The stand in good stable condition, having a fissure not impacting the the structural integrity of the work.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

Flora Zhang

Specialist, Asian Works of Art

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A Grey and Celadon Jade 'Dragon' Handled Cup

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