Jade cup, late Ming to early Ch’ing period-China Archive

Image Number: K1C002791N000000000PAG
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Jades
Function: drinking vessel
Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Shining Jade
Description:
White jade. The left and right sides of the instrument are carved with a dragon, and the dragon body is brown and yellow. After microscopic magnification, it can be found that the surface of the brownish yellow part is full of depressions, which seems to have been punctured artificially. In the pores, there are white spots or unknown substances with brown translucent deposits. This cup is contained in a wooden box carved with cloud dragon patterns. The box is engraved with the “Jade Cup Record” made by Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty. The content of the “Jade Cup Record” is about the experience of Emperor Gaozong’s appreciation of the cup: at first glance, it is considered to be the object of the Han Dynasty; After careful examination, there were many doubts. So “Yao Zongren” was summoned to enjoy it. At the first sight, Yao smiled and said that this was a fake ancient artifact refined by his grandfather. In other words, this jade cup was probably made in the early Qing Dynasty. It is worth noting that Gao Zong did not condemn or displease when he learned that the cup was a fake, but continued to ask curiously why it was not like