modelled in openwork with two lingzhi sprays forming the handles, the exterior with immortals and attendants in a landscape accompanied by a deer, crane and tortoise, the base incised with a curling stem issuing lingzhi heads

There are expected minor bruises and nicks to the edges and extremities, including the rim, foot and openwork handles, the most prominent a shallow nick measuring approx. 0.6 cm to a stem on one handle. The cup is otherwise in overall good condition.
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Another rare jade handled cup of closely related design and form in the Palace Museum, Beijing, similarly worked with a high quality continuous frieze of figures, is illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 6, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 181. The Palace Museum example, attributed to the Yuan dynasty, differs from the current cup in that the handles are formed from twin boys.