A DARK OLIVE-GREEN JADE STEM CUP
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The bowl with deep sides flaring slightly towards the rim and incised just below the rim on the interior with a band of key fret, raised on a thick-walled tapering pedestal foot, the semi-translucent stone of dark olive-green color with opaque white mottling
4 3/8 in. (11 cm.) high
Lot Essay
The shape of this cup is similar to a mottled grey jade cup included in the O.C.S. exhibition, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 15 November - 14 December 1957, pl. 90, no. 332.