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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND LARGE Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London.
CHENXIANGMU ‘ROCK’/LIBATION CUP
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY, INSCRIBED LITERATURE
BY QU YINGSHAO (1779-1850) AND ZHONG
MENGHONG (CIRCA 1843) S. L. Moss, This Single Feather of Auspicious
Light: Old Chinese painting and calligraphy,
The chenxiangmu ‘rock’ is beautifully shaped London, 2010, vol. 4, no. 90b., pp. 1130-34.
in the form of a vertical mountain peak with
vertical grooves and ridges, and the concave 明十六世紀 瞿應紹銘沉香木山子/酒盃
underside is covered in black lacquer and
could function as a wine measure when
upended. The sides are incised with four
inscriptions, two by Qu Yingshao (1779-
1850), and the other two, by Zhong
Menghong (c. 1843). Together with P.
Moss and S. L. Moss, This Single Feather of
Auspicious Light: Old Chinese painting and
calligraphy, London: Sydney L. Moss Ltd.,
2010, 7 vol. Original cloth, cloth case.
‘Rock’/libation cup: 10¬ in. (27 cm.) high
$40,000-60,000
(another view)
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