A Ming-style celadon jade handled cup, Qing dynasty, 19th century | 清十九世紀 青玉雕乳釘紋螭龍耳盃

A Ming-style celadon jade handled cup

Qing dynasty, 19th century

清十九世紀 青玉雕乳釘紋螭龍耳盃

of gui-form, with broad straight sides resting on a pedestal foot, flanked by a pair of reticulated handles each in the form of a sinuous chilong climbing up a network of branches with a stylized peony blossom in its mouth, the body of the vessel with four rows of staggered raised bosses, the stone a warm celadon hue with a faint patch of russet at the base 

Width 4 ¾ in., 12.2 cm