Catalogue No.6
China: Song to Early Ming Dynasty [ 10th to 15th century ]
Length: 3 3/8in [ 8.6cm ]
Length: 3 3/8in [ 8.6cm ]
A yellow jade eared wine cup
the oval bowl with two flat handles projecting from below the rim, the gently curving sides issuing from a well carved foot rim,
the translucent stone of even tone.
Provenance: Formerly in the estate of Kenneth Snowman
Reference: The Complete Collection of Treasures of The Palace Museum; Jadeware (I), The Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, see plate 219, page 263 for a Han example.
Spink & Son Ltd.; Chinese Jade, London 1998, no. 9, page 14 for a later seventeenth century example.
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