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19TH CENTURY
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**A PAIR OF LARGE RETICULATED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUPS
19TH CENTURY
Each of pale honey color carved in high relief and pierced with a scholar and his attendant standing above a group of deer amidst lingzhi, prunus, grape vine and fruiting pomegranate trees, all bordered by pierced rockwork or branches at the tip and a band of clouds at the rim
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) and 27 in. (68.6 cm) high, wood stands (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each of pale honey color carved in high relief and pierced with a scholar and his attendant standing above a group of deer amidst lingzhi, prunus, grape vine and fruiting pomegranate trees, all bordered by pierced rockwork or branches at the tip and a band of clouds at the rim
26½ in. (67.3 cm.) and 27 in. (68.6 cm) high, wood stands (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 13 November 2002, lot 14.
Special notice
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