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A FINELY CARVED PEACH-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
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A FINELY CARVED PEACH-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

已结束2011年11月30日

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HKD 500,000

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A FINELY CARVED PEACH-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
In the form of a hollowed peach carved to the rounded sides in relief with gnarled branches laden with fruit and long slender leaves gracefully draped over the rim and extending to the base, the material of a light honey tone
2¾ in. (7 cm.) wide, wood stand, box

The Songzhutang Collection, acquired in New York, 1997

专家说明

Compare with another larger peach-form cup in the Chester Beatty Library Collection, Dublin, illustrated by J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p. 174, no. 277 where the significance of the peach in Chinese mythology is discussed.