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The present lot is a testament to the exceptional craftsmanship of 明晚期同樣雕仿古造型的犀角杯，清宮舊藏三例可資比較，見《故
rhinoceros horn carving achieved in the early Qing dynasty. The 宮博物館藏文物珍品全集：竹木牙角雕刻》，香港，2002年，編號
cup incorporates a remarkable array of crisply carved multi-layered 133-135。另參考幾件飾仿古題材的犀角杯，出版於霍滿棠，《中國
decorative elements: from the very rare motif of a lotus-lappet border 犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，編號5，13，35及41。德國慕尼
above the foot, which is clearly inspired by similar lappet borders 克史特列斯博物館亦藏一例可作參考，見J.Chapman，《The Art of
painted on 14th and 15th century porcelain, as well as mirroring the Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China》，倫敦，1999年，頁154，圖版
nature-inspired lobed lappet form and rim of the cup, so suitable for 190。
the natural shape of the rhinoceros horn; to the antiquity-inspired
taotie masks, leiwen ground, the ridged flange, the chilong and double 香港邦瀚斯曾售出一件十七世紀犀角仿古杯可資參考，2014年5月26
handle. 日，拍品編號122；再對比香港佳士得售一例，明晚期/清初十七世
紀，2011年11月30日，拍品編號2910。
Compare from the Qing Court Collection, a number of related
‘antiquity-inspired’ rhinoceros horn libation cups, late Ming dynasty,
illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings,
Hong Kong, 2002, nos.133-135. See also a number of other related
examples, illustrated by T.Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn
Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, nos.5, 13, 35, and 41; and
another related libation cup in the Staaliches Museum für Völkerkunde,
Munich, illustrated by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving
in China, London, 1999, p.154, pl.190.

Compare a related archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th
century, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot
122; and see another related example, late Ming/ early Qing dynasty,
17th century, which was sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November
2011, lot 2910.

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