A ROCK CRYSTAL CUP AND SAUCER Mid Qing Dynasty (3)A ROCK CRYSTAL CUP AND SAUCERMid Qing Dynasty The cup of deep U-shaped form, rising from a short tapered foot to an everted rim, one side carved in high relief with a dragon handle, the rim and lower body respectively bordered with friezes of key-fret and upright lappets; the saucer dish of crab-apple section, carved with shallow rounded sides decorated on the exterior with an upright lappet border encircling the similarly lobed foot, the clear crystal with faint inclusions, stand. Cup: 5cm (2in) high; saucer: 9.2cm (3 1/2in) wide. (3).清中期 水晶杯盞一套Compare a related Qianlong rock crystal cup and stand in the Beijing Palace Museum for the fashion of fine polishing and carving, illustrated in Treasures of Imperial Court: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2004, p.17, no.22.杯尖唇微侈，口沿下砣刻陰線回紋一周，直壁略微內收，近圈足處浮雕仰蓮紋一周，矮圈足，單鋬鏤空圓雕呈分尾龍形。盞作海棠形，中心浮雕一圈矮墻盛足，底部浮雕蓮瓣紋一周。杯盞取料通透，打磨細膩。水晶質脆，雕琢小器尤見功夫。可比較北京故宮藏一件清乾隆水晶雙耳十角杯之打磨以及杯盤之處理，見《故宮博物院藏文物大系·宮廷珍寶》，香港，2004年，頁27，編號22。