Chinese jade cup carved with dragons

An image of Cup/ Greyish jade cup resting on a tall footring. The handles are decorated with feline dragons in high relief. Incised on the footring the character yong, eternal. Jade cups in this form are very commonly seen in the late Ming dynasty. It is possible that this object has been treated to give the appearance of having been buried and of great age. Nephrite, height 6 cm, width 14.7 cm, 1500-1700. Chinese.

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Cup/ Greyish jade cup resting on a tall footring. The handles are decorated with feline dragons in high relief. Incised on the footring the character yong, eternal. Jade cups in this form are very commonly seen in the late Ming dynasty. It is possible that this object has been treated to give the appearance of having been buried and of great age. Nephrite, height 6 cm, width 14.7 cm, 1500-1700. Chinese.

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Accession Number: O.54-1946
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 656 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 97.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:01:12 11:53:42

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AD carved cup dragons feline Fitz_AA handled jade libation cup nephrite relief

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