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24AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE JADE FLOWER CUPSong/Yuan dynasty, 10-14th century宋 / 元 10-14 世纪玉莲杯Dimensions:9cm wideProvenance: - Roger Keverne Ltd., London, May 2011Published:Roger Keverne, ‘Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art andCeramics Summer Exhibition’, London, 2011
This rare jade flower cup is delicately carved in the shape of a dried lotus leaf. Thecrinkled edges curling up on itself in almost triangular shape, the naturalisticallyrendered veins visible on the leaf. The stalk of the lotus cleverly incorporated toform the foot of the cup.Compare a similar jade brush washer, also in the shape of a lotus leaf, dated Song/Yuan dynasty in the collection of the National Palace Museum. Another white jadecup was unearthed from the Shih Sheng-tzu tomb in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province,dating to the Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279). A very similar cup can be seenin the Ming dynasty painting ‘Sixteen Views on Reclusion’ by Chen Hongshou(1599-1652) of the Northern Song poet and scholar Su Tung-po (1036-1101). Inthis painting, Su Tung-po is sitting on a wooden chair holding a lotus flower cup,while looking resolute in the face of adversity.
Page 1: Littleton & HennessyAsian Art
Page 5: INTRODUCTIONChinese Ceramics & Work
Page 8: 2A BLUE AND WHITE ‘BOYS’ ROULEA
Page 12: 4A CRACKLED GREEN-GLAZED VASEKangxi
Page 15: The deep dish painted to the centre
Page 18: 7A LARGE TURQUOISE-GLAZED BOWLKangx
Page 22: 9AN OPENWORK JADE ‘LINGZHI’ GRO
Page 26 and 27: A PALE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A RE
Page 28: 12A SMALL LONGQUAN CELADON ‘MALLE
Page 31: 14A MINIATURE CARVED CINNABAR LACQU
Page 34: 16A GROUP OF THREE RHOMBIC OR DIAMO
Page 37 and 38: 18A MINIATURE LAPIS LAZULI RECTANGU
Page 40 and 41: 20A RARE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL GARLIC-H
Page 42 and 43: 21A CARVED CELADON JADE ARCHAISTICC
Page 44: 22AN ARCHAISTIC JADE RITUAL POURING
Page 47: The sky blue jar is decorated under

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