Blue jade bamboo cup

[Sapphire bamboo cup]

Sapphire bamboo cup, bright, 10.5 cm high, 7.5-3.9 cm caliber. The old collection of the Qing Palace
This cup is made of green and white jade produced in Hetian, Xinjiang, with some light yellow spots. The cup is made of flat, round, three-section bamboo tubes, two hollow sections of the cup body, one bamboo section as the bottom of the cup, the cup body is slightly bent to one side, and the handle is carved into a curly bamboo section. Both sides of the cup body are embossed with bamboo leaf patterns. The section is carved with grain patterns
In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the production of tea and wine drinking utensils was exquisite, and the production of jade wine utensils was also developed. The shape and decoration of the utensils were quite rich, both archaic and innovative. This cup has a unique shape and a fine selection of materials. It is a representative work of jade in the Ming Dynasty.