Two jade leaf-shaped libation cups
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Two jade leaf-shaped libation cups
Each cup elegantly carved with a bearded immortal riding in the deeply hollowed well: the cup with the immortal holding a scroll carved on the exterior with a star band below fu and shou characters and stylized waves, the matrix marked with patches of olive green, creamy white inclusions and russet-stained fissure lines; the other cup with the immortal holding a book carved along the exterior rim with a similar star band, the translucent matrix of creamy white hue with extensive milky white inclusions and some faint russet-stained fissure lines.
5 3/8in and 5 1/4in (13.5 and 13cm) long
Sold for US$ 8,125 inc. premium

Category: Asian Art

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