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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION
AN ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN
LIBATION CUP
EARLY QING DYNASTY
modelled after the archaic ewer yi, set with a clambering
chilong handle, the mid-section carved with an ‘earth’ diaper
band, encircled by a key-fret band at the rim, the densely
grained horn patinated to a rich brown colour
13.3 cm, 5¼ in.
A closely related cup in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, is
illustrated in Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving
in China, London, 1999, pl. 175, and another from the Avery
Brundage collection in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco,
op. cit., pl. 180. Similar libation cups sold at Christie’s London, 415
13th May, lot 2008; at China Guardian Beijing, 16th May 2010,
lot 2633; and in these rooms, 8th April 2014, lot 3015.
HK$ 150,000-200,000
US$ 19,200-25,500
416
清初 犀角雕錦紋龍鋬盃 AN INSCRIBED IVORY ‘CHILONG’ SEAL
SIGNED XU XINGZHOU (1853-1925), DATED
BINGSHEN YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE WITH
1896)
The inscription, signed Xingzhou, dates to the spring of the
bingshen year (in accordance with 1896). Xu Xingzhou (1853-
1925), a native from Wu county, Jiangsu province, was a
student of Wu Changshuo (1844-1927).
3.9 cm, 1½ in.
The inscription, signed Xingzhou, dates to the spring of the
bingshen year (in accordance with 1896). Xu Xingzhou (1853-
1925), a native from Wu county, Jiangsu province, was a
student of Wu Changshuo.
HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,400-9,000

1896年 徐星州款牙雕螭龍鈕印章
416
題識：友杲 先生清玩、丙申春 星州
印文：鑒寶

□ 417 SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JOHN
GREGORY (1935-1996)
A CARVED WOOD ARCHAISTIC ‘CHILONG’
RUYI SCEPTRE
20TH CENTURY
the shaft carved in relief to one side with chilong between a
stylised dragon and phoenix, the reverse with similar dragon
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and phoenix, the terminal with chilong grasping a lingzhi sprig
35.4 cm, 14 in.
HK$ 6,000-8,000
US$ 800-1,050

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