Lot Essay
The poetic couplet seen on the present cup may be translated as: 'Sitting on a rock enjoying the sounds of spring, why seek beautiful music in strings'?
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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved around the sides with a scene of a scholar sitting on a rock with his hand held against his ear listening to the sounds of nature, his attendant walking away holding a qin under his arm, all in a rocky landscape surrounded by ancient trees, the undercut trunk of a pine tree forming the handle, the sides carved with a poetic couplet reading zuo shi dui hua chun zi zu, he xu xian shang mi jia yin
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, stand
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved around the sides with a scene of a scholar sitting on a rock with his hand held against his ear listening to the sounds of nature, his attendant walking away holding a qin under his arm, all in a rocky landscape surrounded by ancient trees, the undercut trunk of a pine tree forming the handle, the sides carved with a poetic couplet reading zuo shi dui hua chun zi zu, he xu xian shang mi jia yin
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
George H. Taber Collection, and thence by descent within the family
Exhibited
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, 1939.
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