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A RARE ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP, GU
17th/18th century
The dark chocolate-toned horn carved with a stylised chilong biting the
rim of the cup, the writhing body forming the handle, the cup carved
as an archaistic bronze vessel with a taotie mask band, the upper
register with a band of incised upturned plantain leaves interspersed
with C-scrolls.
7.4cm (2 7/8in) high.

£3,000 - 5,000
CNY26,000 - 43,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角仿古饕餮紋螭龍柄觚

Provenance: an important European private collection

來源： 重要歐洲私人收藏

Compare with a similar small archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup,
gu, 17th/18th century, which was sold in these rooms, 11 November
2010, lot 471.

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