A CARVED CELADON JADE ARCHAISTIC CUP AND COVER MING DYNASTY

the cylindrical vessel raised on three animal mask feet, carved in relief around the sides with a confronting archaistic dragon and phoenix on a studded ground, separated by a cylindrical flanged loop handle decorated with scroll motifs, all between key-fret bands at the rim and base, the cover with a central yinyang knop surrounded by three recumbent rams separated by three taotie mask motifs, the mottled stone of light celadon tone with brown and russet inclusions

Formerly in the Collection of G. Ribbins Peletier, Esq.

A similar cup without a cover was sold in our New York rooms, March, 20th 2007, lot 623. Another similar cup can be found in René-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, San Francisco, 1972, plate L, p. 115, where it is mentioned that a comparable cup excavated from a Ming dynasty tomb dated 1676 and located outside of Beijing, is illustrated in Wenwu, Beijing, 1963, fig. 18, no. 1, p. 42.