Jasper Elephant Ear with Living Ring Goblet

[Jasper Elephant Ear with Live Ring Goblet]

Jasper Elephant Ear Live Ring Goblet with Beast Face Pattern, Qing Dynasty, height 22.6 cm, caliber 8.9 × 10.4 cm, foot diameter 7.1 × 8.1 cm
It is jasper, dark in color and translucent in quality. The jade goblet has a round belly, a deep chamber, and a five-petal flower shape with the mouth and feet outward, and two like earrings. The neck and feet are decorated with inverted deformation cicada patterns, and the abdomen is decorated with animal face patterns, all of which are imitation ancient bronze patterns. With thick wall and stability, it can be used for flower arrangement. The old Qing Palace was hidden in the Shoukang Palace
The early jade Gu found so far is a work of the Ming Dynasty. On the whole, the jade goblet in the Qing Dynasty has a wider mouth and a thinner waist than that in the Ming Dynasty. Looking at the ancient Chinese paintings and handicraft patterns, we can see that the jade goblet is often placed on the desk with the censer and other objects, and the goblet is inserted with Ruyi, small halberd and other objects as the ancient furnishings