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.

Provenance

From a French private collection

Special notice

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.

Further details

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

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Lot Essay

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

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