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A pale green jade 'three boys' cup Ming Dynasty
8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
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A pale green jade 'three boys' cup
Ming Dynasty
The hollowed cup encircled by a simple decorative band containing three incised roundels, with three smiling boys clambering up the sides of the cup, one climbing on a barrel to reach the rim, another clutching a fish in his right hand and the third hanging from the rim with both hands. 8.6cm (3 3/8in) high
The hollowed cup encircled by a simple decorative band containing three incised roundels, with three smiling boys clambering up the sides of the cup, one climbing on a barrel to reach the rim, another clutching a fish in his right hand and the third hanging from the rim with both hands. 8.6cm (3 3/8in) high
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明 青玉雕三童托杯
Compare a related grey-white jade 'boys' cup dated to the Ming Dynasty in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), Beijing, 2008, pl.305. Another 'boys' cup in the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco is illustrated by R-Y.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, Japan, 1977, p.98, pl.XLII.


