AN IMPERIAL WHITE JADE CUP AND CUPSTAND MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG, YUYONG MARKS OF JIAQING AND DAOGUANG |

the cup with steep curving sides rising from a straight neatly trimmed footring, well carved in shallow relief around the exterior with a band of stylised foliate sprays entwined with ruyi strapwork, encircled by a chevron band at the rim, the cupstand of oblong section, with shallow rounded sides rising from a short foot to an everted rim, the centre of the interior worked with a double-lotus pedestal with beaded edges, bordered by stylised lotus scrolls on the flat rim, the stone of an even white tone with natural veins, the base of the cupstand engraved with a four-character Qianlong yuyong mark above a horizontal Jiaqing yuyong mark, the cup similarly engraved with a Daoguang yuyong mark