Two pale green jade archaistic cups


Ming Dynasty The first with deep rounded sides raised on a splayed foot, flanked by a pair of archaistic scroll handles, the body meticulously carved with a band of scrolling pattern below a keyfret border, the translucent stone of a pale green tone, 13.6cm (5 1/3in) wide; the second shallow vessel with a single archaistic scroll handle, finely carved in low relief with a border of bosses between two raised lines, the stone of a greenish-white tone, 9cm (3 1/2in) wide. (2).
|明 青白玉雙耳仿古雲紋盃及單耳仿古榖紋盃 一組兩件Provenance: An American private collectionMarchant, London來源：美國私人舊藏倫敦Marchant皆青白玉質，雙耳盃直口方唇，直腹斜收於圈足，圈足直壁折沿。耳鋬陰刻饕餮紋，口沿一匝回紋，盃身滿雕如意雲頭紋，餘則光素。單耳盃直口方唇，略微打磨，單耳鋬，圈足內收外撇，鋬雕淺浮雕饕餮紋，盃身琢榖紋一周。二盃皆取材春秋戰國時期銅器，為明代中期以來復古之時風，可比較北京故宮藏一件明代青玉雙萬壽耳乳釘紋盃，見《故宮博物院藏品大系玉器篇7》，北京，2011年，編號153，頁171。