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AN 18 CENTURY RETICULATED FULL TIP RHINOCEROS ‘LOTUS’ CUP
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Rhinoceros horn in a deep brown to light honey hued color play with
translucent quality
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China, 18 century

This masterly carved rhinoceros horn lotus leaf cup shows exquisite openwork
with wafer-thin stems and a bowl that shows the most exquisite translucent
quality. The actual bowl shows carved veins on the exterior and also on the
inside. It is overgrown by leafage and two seed capsules as well as one bud. A
little crab is climbing on one of the leaves.

The full tip stem consists of intertwined stems showing more leafage, a nearly
closed lotus bud and another crab amidst the dense arrangement. Even the tiny
tip of the stem shows naturalistic carving depicting the small holes of cut stalks.

Shape: Figural shape
Dimensions: 15,7 cm (length), 5,7 cm (maximum width measured at the bowl)
Condition: Excellent condition with fine hand patina
Provenance: German Private collection

Literature comparison: For another lotus bowl, full tip carving of comparable
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size, dating to the 17 century see Sotheby’s, RHINOCEROS HORN CARVINGS
FROM THE EDWARD AND FRANKLIN CHOW COLLECTION, 08 APRIL 2011,
HONG KONG, lot 2703.

For two lotus leaf bowls, comparable in shape and size see Jan Chapman, The
Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p.167, nr.210 and
p.184, nr.244.

⋩ℓᶾ䲨䈨䈃奺Ⱦ匟叱ȿ㜗
㶙墸刚军Ṗ囄刚䈨䈃奺炻⋲德㖶
ᷕ⚳炻 ⋩ℓᶾ䲨

忁㫦䱦晽䳘䏊䘬䈨奺匟叱㜗⯽䎦Ḯ䱦䶣䘬掌䨢㈨㱽炻㜗幓䁢ᶨ㝅⣏匟叱炻⍰掌晽
㔠⮷㝅䚌㕳䑘丆炻᷎晽咖叱ˣ咖咔ˣ咖剙ˣ剙劆⍲ᶨ匾咤勱ἄ䁢夗㈀ˤ役⎋㱧嗽晽
ᶨ圫垡炻

⬴㔜䘬匟叱匾䦰塓⸦㟡匾䦰䑘丆炻僓䧶侴↢ˤ⌛ἧ㗗匾䘬⽖⮷⮾䪗ḇ栗䣢↢㬌☐
晽⇣㈨㱽⪣䅇炻忈✳⃒伶䯉㻼炻↨ⶍ㳩⇑炻冒䃞ᷣ佑䌐℟⋈⽫ˤ

晐⼊侴晽
⯢⮠烉15,7 x 5,7 cm (攟x䠿㚨⮔↎)
⑩䚠㤝⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑
⽟⚳䥩Ṣ㓞啷
㔯䌣⍫侫: ⎎ᶨẞ⯢⮠䚠役㕟ẋ䁢⋩ᶫᶾ䲨䘬䈨䈃奺晽咖叱䠿⎗夳喯⭴㭼˪曰䈨
叔尉 ṯ䀶ᷳˣṯ⣏晬䇞⫸䍵啷䈨奺晽⇣˫炻2011⸜4㚰8㖍炻楁㷗炻2703嘇㉵⑩ˤ
⎎⢾ℑẞ⼊⇞⍲⯢⮠䚠役䘬咖叱䠿⎗夳Jan Chapman˪ᷕ⚳䈨䈃奺晽喅埻˫炻ΐ
㔎炻1999炻167枩⚾210 and 184枩⚾244ˤ
Estimate EUR 8.000,-
Starting price EUR 4.000,-

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