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129 Y The present lot is an exceptional example displaying the technical
A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘LOTUS LEAF’ LIBATION CUP prowess and creativity achieved by the master carver in rendering
17th/18th century the rhinoceros horn into an exquisite naturalistic form of a lotus leaf,
Naturalistically worked in the form of a curled lotus leaf issuing from a different from the more typical portrayal of the lotus leaf in rhinoceros
stem forming the foot at the base, one side flanked by another curved horn libation cups.
lotus leaf forming the handle, the horn of a dark chocolate-brown tone.
10.4cm (4 1/8in) wide Compare a related larger rhinoceros horn ‘lotus and crab’ libation cup,
17th century, illustrated by T.Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn
HK$100,000 - 150,000 Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.86, which was later sold at
US$13,000 - 19,000 Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 3248.

十七/十八世紀 犀角雕荷葉小杯 小杯荷葉形，又於外壁雕一捲曲荷葉，以為杯柄，杯底葉莖相連，
納水其中，亦可作筆洗而用。此器以浮雕、鏤雕、陰刻技法雕成，
Provenance: 工藝嫻熟。參看仇大雄先生舊藏一件十七世紀蓮花杯，著錄於霍滿
An important European private collection 堂，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，圖86，後售於香港蘇富
比，2013年10月8日，拍品3248。
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