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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION 重要歐洲私人收藏
Lots 51 - 52
51 Y
A VERY RARE AND LARGE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘LOTUS LEAF’
LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century
Boldly and thickly carved utilising the natural curve of the horn as a
naturalistic furled lotus leaf vividly curling outwards at the irregularly-
shaped rim to form a deep vessel, decorated in low relief with subtle
veining around the exterior, raised on a short separate base, the
material of rich honey tone.
17.1cm (6 5/8in) long
HK$700,000 - 1,000,000
US$89,000 - 130,000
十七/十八世紀 犀角雕荷葉杯
Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 13 November 1972, lot 19
Spink & Son Ltd., London
A distinguished European private collection, on loan to the Oriental
Museum, Durham, from the mid-1970s to circa 2011
Published and Illustrated:
Selected Chinese Art from the Oriental Museum, Durham, Phillips,
London, November 2000, no.12 (acc.no.D27)
來源：
倫敦蘇富比，1972年11月13日，拍品編號19
倫敦斯賓克
顯赫歐洲私人收藏，於70年代中旬至大約2011年借展於英國道咸大學
東方藝術館
出版及著錄：
《Selected Chinese Art from the Oriental Museum, Durham》，菲利普
斯，倫敦，2000年11月，編號12 (博物館編號D27）
The present lot is rare for its impressive size and thickly carved 類似於本器取材較厚的犀角杯，可參考一件十七世紀荷葉紋龍杯，造
walls, displaying an outstanding craftsmanship in the undulating and 型同樣以荷葉為主體，但器壁額外雕龍紋和水浪紋；再看一件十七世
smoothly curved edges creating a naturalistic shape of a lotus leaf, 紀水族蓮花杯，其造型與本器可資比較，但器型較小，兩件均著錄於
conveying a sense of vitality. 霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，圖版47及86（圖
版86後來售於香港蘇富比，2013年10月8日，拍品編號3248。都柏
Compare a rhinoceros horn cup also thickly carved in the form of a 林查士特圖書館亦藏一件蓮花杯可資比較，見J.Chapman，《The Art
lotus leaf with an additional decoration of dragons and waves, 17th of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China》，倫敦，1999年，頁166，圖
century, and another, but smaller cup carved as a lotus surrounded 版207。
by aquatic plants and fauna, 17th century, illustrated by T.Fok,
Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 香港蘇富比曾售出一件十七世紀犀角雕蓮花杯，尺寸較小，可資比
1999, pls.47 and 86 (which was later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 較，2011年4月8日，拍品編號2715。
8 October 2013, lot 3248); and see also another related lotus-shaped
rhinoceros horn cup, in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, illustrated
by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
1999, p.166, pl.207.
Compare a related, but smaller rhinoceros horn ‘lotus leaf’ libation cup,
17th century, which was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2011,
lot 2715.
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