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92Y Provenance: an important European private collection
A very rare documentary rhinoceros horn Previously on loan to two British museums from the mid 1970s until
‘prunus’ libation cup recently.
17th/18th century, signed You Meiwang Published: J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in
The pale amber horn carved as a gnarled prunus trunk with finely China, London, 1999, p.140.
turned knots and crevices in the bark, the handle shaped as a 來源：重要歐洲私人收藏
slender twisting branch narrowing to thorned spikes and blossoming 一直由1970年代中期到最近借展於兩間英國博物館
with prunus flowers and buds, the branch reaching across the rich
brown-hued interior.
14.2cm (5 5/8in) long
£150,000 - 200,000
HK$1,900,000 - 2,500,000 CNY1,500,000 - 2,000,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角雕梅花紋杯 「友沬望」刻款 出版：J.Chapman編，《The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in

The United Kingdom Government has imposed an China》，倫敦，1999年，頁140

almost complete prohibition on granting a license
to permit the export of worked antique rhinoceros
horn from the UK to any destination outside the
European Union. Please check with the department
for further details.

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