拍品 33
33
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN HIBISCUS BLOSSOM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

细节
AN HIBISCUS BLOSSOM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY

Well carved as a large blossom with overlapping petals borne on an intertwining stem bearing buds and leaves which also forms the handle at one end, of rich reddish-honey color, rim chips--5 3/8 in. (13.7cm.) long

拍品专文

Compare the cup of similar design from the collection of John Tradescant the Elder, which was presented by Elias Ashmole to Oxford University in 1683, and is illustrated by Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art III, 1982, no. 138, where it is noted that John Tradescant died in 1632, thereby dating the cup to at least the Tianqi or Chongzhen period