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A VERY RARE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘NINE-CHILONG’
LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century
Intricately carved in high relief around the exterior with six wreathing
chilong biting each other’s bifurcated tails, three further chilong curled
around a sphere forming the base, the horn of rich caramel-brown tone.
7.7cm (3 1/8in) long

£10,000 - 15,000
CNY86,000 - 130,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角鏤雕蟠螭紋盃

Provenance: an important European private collection

來源：重要歐洲私人收藏

A related rhinoceros horn libation cup, but with seven chilong around
the exterior, 17th century, is illustrated by T.Fok, Connoisseurship of
Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p.50, no.3.

(two views)

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