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A VERY FINE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘YU QIAO GENG DU’ Provenance:
LIBATION CUP An important European private collection, and thence by descent
17th/18th century
Of conical form, superbly carved with a continuous riverscape Published and Illustrated:
consisting of a fisherman and a woodcutter seated beside a swiftly J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
flowing river while a scholar studies inside a pavilion on the other side 1999, pp.202 and 204, pl.279
of the river, above a farmer carrying a hoe crossing a bridge, all amidst
meticulously carved gnarled pine and wutong trees with the pine tree 來源：
trunks forming an openwork handle on one side of the horn, the horn 重要歐洲私人收藏，後由家族繼承
of a rich toffee tone.
16.5cm (6 1/2in) wide 出版及著錄：
J.Chapman，《中國犀角雕刻藝術》，倫敦，1999年，頁202及204
HK$400,000 - 600,000 ，圖279
US$51,000 - 77,000
十七/十八世紀 犀角雕漁樵耕讀圖杯
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