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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE RHINOCEROS HORN Provenance:
‘BOYS AND GOAT’ LIBATION CUP P.D. Krolik, prior to February 1970 on loan to the Leicester Museum
17th/18th century and Art Gallery
Exquisitely carved as a naturalistic large lotus leaf flaring towards the Sotheby’s London, 24 February 1970, lot 70
rim to form a deep vessel, the exterior further carved with smaller An important European private collection, and thence by descent
leafy branches of lotus bud and lotus leaves, all borne on long stems
grasped by two men with one men sitting on a recumbent goat and Published and Illustrated:
the other accompanied by a boy, the horn of an attractive rich honey J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
tone darkening to a warm dark brown tone towards the bottom. 1999, pp.74-75, pl.41
17.5cm (7in) wide
來源：
HK$500,000 - 800,000 P.D.Krolik收藏，於1970年二月之前曾借展於萊斯特博物館和藝術畫廊
US$64,000 - 100,000 倫敦蘇富比，1970年2月24日，拍品編號70
重要歐洲私人收藏，後由家族繼承

十七/十八世紀 犀角雕童子騎羊圖杯 出版及著錄：
J.Chapman，《中國犀角雕刻藝術》，倫敦，1999年，頁74-75，圖41

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