CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE

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COUPE LIBATOIRE EN CORNE DE RHINOCEROS SCULPTEE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, XVIIEME SIECLE
De forme quadrilobée, très finement sculptée à l'extérieur, d'un registre central à décor archaïsant de masques de taotie sur fond de leiwen, le pied, la lèvre et son côté rehaussés de frises de grecques, l'anse formée des corps noueux de deux chilong ; petits éclats
Hauteur: 7,7 cm. (3 in.), Longueur: 14,5 cm. (5¾ in.), Poids: 200 g.

来源

From a French private collection

注意事项

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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A CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

荣誉呈献

Giulia Cuturi

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拍品专文

See two other comparable horn cups, one from the Songzhutang collection and sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 27 May 2008, lot 1803; the other illustrated in T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p.82, pl.35