Lot 167
TWO SETS OF CHINESE AGATE CUPS AND STANDS
QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
Auction: 07 November 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
清或以前 瑪瑙雕花口杯 帶葵口高足盞托（共兩套）
each cup thinly carved with rounded sides and everted rim, divided into six lobes, supported on a short foot, the stand carved as a six-lobed dish with gently curved sides, surrounding the raised platform in the centre that holds the cup, all above a tall and slightly splayed foot, the semi-translucent stone with some opaque white inclusions (4)
Dimensions
widths: 5.5cm (cup) and 8cm (stand); 5.5cm overall high
Provenance
Private English collection, England
英格蘭私人收藏
Footnote
Two sets of agate bowls with stands are comparable in the lobed design: one set dated to the Song dynasty and in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, museum no: 故雜 Gu Za 145; the other set with Qianlong mark and of period is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, museum no. 故Gu105928. Another comparable set of agate cup with stand, dated to the Song dynasty, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2021, lot 3048. [drinking vessel]
參兩組瑪瑙碗連托例，皆以葵口見長：其一為宋代作品，藏於臺北國立故宮博物院，館藏號「故雜145」；其一乾隆款及年代之作，藏於北京故宮博物院，館藏號「故105928」。另有一組宋代瑪瑙杯連托，2021年5月28日售於香港佳士得，拍品3048。