Zoomorphic Chinese Jade Wine Cup

A Chinese jade Zoomorphic wine cup. An unusually shaped cup…
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A Chinese jade zoomorphic wine cup. An unusually shaped cup with a ram's head foot and a basin styled cup in mottled grey green stone and relief carved with dragons and knotted forms with a key fret rim and archaic characters underside. Height 9 cm. Width 8 cm.

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  • Zoomorphic - Objects made having the shape, form, or likeness of an animal. For example, the Hindu god Ganesha has the head of an elephant.

    The term is also applied to furniture made from animal parts. Examples are chandeliers, hallstands and chairs made from deer antlers and umbrella stands, ice buckets and other objects made from an elephant's foot.

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