Antique Warring States Jade Cup of Blessings
antique jade cup of blessings, carved with a high relief of crawling dragon and engraved on the side with ancient scripts of various style of the words “Blessings) on the rim. There is another dragon with accompanying cloud of the lower side of the cup. The scripts and the animal engraving pointed to Warring States period (戰國時代, 475 and 221 BC). Propitious cups of this nature were often buried with the diseased of that era.
Measurements: 1 ¾ “ D for Cup Rim, 6 ¾ “ H
