The Property of a Lady 女士藏品 A 'CHICKEN BONE' JADE HANDLED CUP Ming Dynasty Expertly hollowed with deep sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, a mythical beast with bifurcated tail biting the rim and forming the handle, carved around the exterior with sinuous chilong grasping lingzhi sprays in their mouths. 6.6cm (2 5/8in) wide. 注脚 明 雞骨玉雕單柄盃 Provenance: Parry Collection, London, and thence by descent 來源： 倫敦Parry家族收藏，並由後人保存迄今 The design of a chilong holding a lingzhi fungus its its mouth as seen on the present cup was a motif used during the Ming dynasty; see a pale green jade bowl, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 7 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, no.103. 本例所飾螭龍銜芝為明代典型紋飾，參考清宮舊藏一例明青白玉盌，收錄於《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編7，明》，北京，2011年，編號103。