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COUPE LIBATOIRE EN CORNE DE RHINOCEROS SCULPTEE

CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE

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COUPE LIBATOIRE EN CORNE DE RHINOCEROS SCULPTEE
CHINE, XVIIEME SIECLE
Très finement sculptée en forme de corolle épanouie, les bordures intérieure et extérieure de la lèvre ainsi que le pied rehaussés de frises de grecques, l'un des pétales agrémenté d'un poème inscrit en léger relief, un branchage de prunus formant l'anse et venant délicatement reposer sur la bordure ; manques
Hauteur: 7,5 cm. (3 in.), Longueur: 12 cm. (4¾ in.)
Provenance
From a Swiss private collection
Special notice
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A CARVED AND INSCRIBED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
CHINA, 17TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The poem inscribed can be translated as follow:
'The Immortal enjoys so much his journey with the beauty,
Wondering who would accompany the beauty in future?'
Compare the actual cup with another very refine example, although not inscribed, illustrated in J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Christie's Book Ltd., 1999, p.93, pl.76.
See also the lobed rhinoceros horn cup with dragon handle illustrated in T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong 1999, pl.5

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