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A RARE ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP, JUE
17th/18th century
Carved in the form of an archaic bronze wine vessel, jue, the flaring
lips flanked by two upright posts, carved in relief with three pairs of
sinuous chilong in confrontation on a dense interlocking leiwen ground,
separated by a small loop handle issued by two beast masks, raised
on a U-shaped body with two lobed cartouches each enclosing a
further chilong on waves, bordered by geometric bands.
13.6cm (5 3/8in) wide

£20,000 - 30,000
CNY170,000 - 260,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角仿古夔龍紋爵

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

For a related rhinoceros horn libation cup carved in imitation of Shang
and Zhou dynasty wine vessels or jue, also decorated with a leiwen
ground, mid-Qing dynasty, see The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory, and Rhinoceros Horn
Carvings, Beijing, 2001, pl.205; another example, late 17th century, is
illustrated by T.Fok in Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in
China, Hong Kong, 1999, no.8.

Compare with a similar archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, jue,
17th/18th century, but with longer feet, which was sold in these rooms,
10 November 2011, lot 437.

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