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Rhinoceros
Horn Carvings

Property from the Estate of
Joen Bird, Glenview Illinois

7090Y
A carved rhinoceros horn with
landscape and figural decoration
19th century
The honey colored vessel elaborately carved
and undercut as a large magnolia flower and
secondary blossoms forming an imaginary
landscape with Shoulao and his deer standing
on one branch below tiered off-shoots of pine
trees interwoven in the branches, set into an
elaborate carved hardwood base echoing the
same theme with Shoulao leaning toward a
crouching deer in on a rocky mountain path
carved with lingzhi plants.
12 1/2in (32cm) height of rhinoceros horn
18 1/4in (46.5cm) height including wood stand
$8,000 - 12,000

This object has been in the United States
since 1960.

7090

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