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305 Y Compare with a related rhinoceros horn carving of a peach, but
A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PEACH AND CHILONG’ LIBATION CUP without chilong, illustrated by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn
17th/18th century Carving in China, London, 1999, p.174, no.227.
The exterior carved in high relief as a peach with gnarled branches
issuing flowers and fruits entwined to form the openwork foot, all A related rhinoceros horn libation cup with chilong and peaches,
issuing from a long stalk and an elongated thread-shaped leaf forming 17th/18th century, was sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September
the handles, perched by a chilong clambering on the edge of the cup. 2008, lot 106.
12.5cm (4 3/4in) wide

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY69,000 - 100,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角蟠螭壽桃盃

Provenance: Robert Everts (1875-1942), Belgian Ambassadorial
Envoy to Beijing from 1910 to 1916 and again from 1920 to 1924, and
thence by descent

來源：
Robert Everts先生(1875-1942)舊藏，1910至1916年以及1920至1924
年間任比利時駐京代表團使節；並由後人保存迄今

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