17TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE RHINOCEROS HORN ARCHAISTIC TRIPOD VESSEL, JUE
17TH CENTURY
The well-hollowed vessel finely carved around the exterior with a wide band enclosing two taotie masks reserved on a diaper ground, the flaring rim carved with a thin leiwen band repeated to the exterior and applied with two loop handles emanating from monster masks, all supported on three gently splayed legs
5½ in. (14 cm.) wide

來源

Acquired by the current owner in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

注意事項

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Please note this lot is accompanied by a letter from Animal Health agreeing that Christie's may sell it without further CITES certification and confirming that they would be likely to grant an export permit for it to leave the EU post-sale.

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Louise Britain

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拍品專文

This cup, made in the form of an archaic bronze ritual wine vessel jue, reflects the incredibly high level of artistry and skill possessed by the carver. In addition to the cup's tribute to antiquity as an archaic bronze form, the incorporation of more contemporaneous details, such as the monster-mask ring handles, makes the present lot particularly interesting.

It joins a small and rare group of similarly carved and extremely high quality rhinoceros horn libation cups that includes an example from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 44 - Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 154-5, no.205. Compare also with another jue-form cup illustrated in Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, no.8.