£10,000
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 682
Auction: 13 May 2022 at 11:00 BST
明 白玉提油仿古饕餮紋倭角海棠式龍首杯
raised on a stepped ring foot, the quatrefoil form cup carved in low relief on either side with an archaic taotie mask flanked by a stylised phoenix head, the vessel flanked with a chilong clambering up from the bottom to the slightly everted rim on one side, the other side carved with a protruding horned dragon head forming handles, the creamy-white stone has some dark brown russet section, with a fitted wooden stand
Provenance: Private collection, England, has been collecting Chinese jades for over 20 years;
Previously in a private Swiss collection