Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 07 october 2015
A white jade octagonal 'boys' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Lot 3694. A white jade octagonal 'boys' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 10.4 cm., 4 1/8 in. Estimate 800,000 — 1,200,000 HKD. Sold for 1,000,000 HKD (114,956 EUR). Photo Sotheby's
of faceted octagonal form above a conforming foot, flanked by two handles worked in the form of two boys seated on cloud scrolls protruding from the sides and bearing lingzhi and peach on trays, the stone of an even white tone.
Provenance: Knapton Rasti Asian Art, London, 2003.
Compare also an octagonal cup, attributed to the Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), with handles modelled in the form of boys, sold in our New York rooms, 20th March 2012, lot 212; and four rounded cups in the Palace Museum, Beijing, one illustrated in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade, vol. 10, Qing Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pl. 145, with an early Qing attribution, and three published in The Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade, vol. 7, Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, pls 157-9, attributed to the Ming dynasty.