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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE RHINOCEROS HORN
‘CHAMPION’ VASE
17th/18th century
Superbly carved in the form of two tapering conjoined cylindrical vessels
raised on waisted feet, carved around the exterior with a central band of
archaistic kui dragons between a key-fret border around and over the rim
and foot, and above a band of petal panels, the front carved in high relief
with a winged eagle above a chi dragon with its rounded body well carved
to the underside, the handle carved in the form of the eagle’s tail feathers
decorated at the top with a taotie mask above the beast’s hindquarters,
the interior and bases plain, the horn of chocolate-brown tone.
9.7cm (3 7/8in) high
HK$140,000 - 160,000
US$18,000 - 21,000
十七/十八世紀 犀角雕鷹熊合卺杯
Provenance:
An important European private collection
來源：
重要歐洲私人收藏
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