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AN EXTREMELY RARE ARCHAISTIC ‘LOTUS AND BOYS’
RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century
The lower section skilfully carved as an archaistic bronze wine gu
vessel rising from a splayed base decorated with pendent plantain
leaves beneath a band of taotie masks around the raised mid-section
and upright triangular blades enclosing stylised cicadas, accented by
notched flanges and flanked to each side by a figure of a boy, one
crouching, the other holding a lotus stem, the upper section carved
in high relief in the form of a splayed, furled lotus leaf emerging from
the archaistic base, naturalistically detailed with veins and enveloped
around the exterior with four large lotus blooms entwined with large
leaves forming the handle and extending to the interior, the horn of a
rich amber colour darkening towards the base.
20cm (7 3/4in) high

£60,000 - 80,000 CNY550,000 - 730,000
HK$660,000 - 880,000

十七／十八世紀 犀角童子拱觚托蓮葉盃

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