CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, DEBUT DU XVIIEME SIECLE

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RARE COUPE LIBATOIRE EN CORNE DE RHINOCEROS SCULPTEE
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, DEBUT DU XVIIEME SIECLE
L'extérieur sculpté de roches sur divers plans, une rivière serpentant au travers et apparaissant sur la base, les berges agrémentées d'érables, un pin tortueux s'épanouissant sur un côté, un autre plus grand formant l'anse, l'un des rochers portant une inscription à sept caractères Fangsi Jianlin Loying xie, socle en bois, boîte
Hauteur: 10 cm. (4 in.), Longueur: 18,8 cm. (7 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Kenyon V. Painter
The Songzhutang Collection

Special notice

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Further details

A FINELY CARVED 'PINE' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

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Lot Essay

The short inscription is the title of the pictorial scene which may be translated as 'Imitating a reflection of a copse on water'.

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