清 翠玉嵌寶仿古夔龍饕餮紋斝 約1930年配以卡地亞銀髹漆底座

of jia form, the globular body carved in low relief with a band of confronted dragons above the three flared feet, the waisted neck flanked by two mask handles of different sizes, the smaller one suspending a loose ring, two high knops on the rim, the mask eyes and knops later set with coral and silver, mounted on a Cartier silver and enamel base with coral inlay, the translucent pale green stone with white mottling

香港蘇富比1988年11月16至17日，編號332

The jia is in overall good condition. There are some minute nibbling along the extremities. The stone is of a slightly warmer tone compared to the catalogue illustration. The inlays are later additions.
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翡翠製仿古斝實屬罕見，可見一饕餮紋翡翠擴足爵杯例，售於香港佳士得2012年5月30日，編號4276。可比一玉斝例，展於《Jade as Sculpture》，明尼蘇達藝術博物館，聖保羅，1975年，編號82；另見一例，售於紐約蘇富比1979年2月20日，編號289；尚存一例，售於香港蘇富比2012年4月4日，編號3275；再比較一例，售於紐約佳士得1991年11月27日，編號171。