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Maurice Sigismund Sulzbach (1853-1922), was born in Frankfurt
am Main, to a banking family. He moved to Paris in December
1882, when he married Marguerite Ida Premsel. He was an
academic collector with extremely eclectic tastes ranging from
Dutch old master paintings to objects of Islamic and Asian art.
He donated several items to the Louvre before he died. His
wife Marguerite was more attracted to contemporary art and
befriended many painters such as Maurice Denis, Jean Louis
Forain and, later on, the Japanese artist Foujita. Marguerite was
also an artist in her own right and started painting on porcelain
at an early age and later created works in pottery at a kiln
installed in her home.

Maurice Sigismund Sulzbach（1853-1922年），出生於美茵
河畔法蘭克福一個銀行世家。 1882年12月與Marguerite Ida
Premsel結為夫婦後移居巴黎。他是一位學術收藏家，並擁有
極其不拘一格的品味，收藏範疇從荷蘭古典油畫到伊斯蘭和亞
洲藝術品不等。去世前，他向羅浮宮捐贈了幾件藏品。他的妻
子Marguerite則對當代藝術更為感興趣，並與多位畫家成為朋
友，例如莫里斯·丹尼、讓路易福朗，以及後來認識的日本藝
術家藤田嗣治。Marguerite本人也是一位藝術家，從小開始在
瓷器上繪畫，並後來在家裡安裝了一個窯爐以便創作。

Marguerite Sulzbach (1863-1945)

THE PROPERTY OF A NOBLEMAN 貴族藏品

53 Y
A MAGNIFICENT AND LARGE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘CHILONG,
PEACH AND LYCHEE’ LIBATION CUP
17th century
Deftly carved inside and out in the form of a large lotus leaf, the
exterior with leafy flowering and fruiting branches of lychee, peach
and sweet flag in relief, each lychee finely detailed with incised lines
simulating the fruit’s skin, the handle formed by a sinuous chilong
among gnarled branches issuing lotus blooms and pods, with a long
mane and bifurcated tail, detailed peering over the rim into the interior
and grasping a branch of pomegranates in its mouth, with two further
chilong to the interior, the horn of dark-reddish brown tone.
21cm (8 1/4in) long
HK$700,000 - 1,000,000
US$89,000 - 130,000
十七世紀 犀角雕花果團龍紋杯

Provenance:
Maurice (1853-1922) and Marguerite Sulzbach (1863-1945), and
thence by descent

來源：
Maurice(1853-1922年)及Marguerite Sulzbach(1863-1945年)伉儷收
藏，並由後人繼承

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