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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品
Lots 154 - 155

154 Y
A RARE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PRUNUS’ LIBATION CUP The rare aspect of the present lot is its mixture of archaic and floral
18th century designs. J.Chapman commented that this cup comes under the rare
The finely-grained exterior exterior smoothly carved with four medallions category of ‘archaistic-combination’ for combining the archaic form
enclosing ‘earth diaper’ patterns, the side deftly carved with a gnarled with the carved prunus blossom branch.
branch bearing delicate prunus blossoms and flower buds.
12.4cm (4 7/8in) long. A related rhinoceros horn libation cup, with similar design of ‘earth
diaper’ pattern, but lobed and adorned with a chilong handle, 18th
£5,000 - 8,000 century, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 April 2014, lot 3021;
CNY45,000 - 71,000 and see also a related rhinoceros horn octagonal libation cup, 17th
century, similarly carved with ‘earth diaper’ medallions, which was sold
at Christie’s London, 8 November 2011, lot 14.
十八世紀 犀角雕梅枝開光錦紋盃

Provenance: an important European private collection

Published and Illustrated: J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn
Carving in China, London, 1999, p.158, pl.195.

來源： 重要歐洲私人收藏

出版及著錄： J.Chapman著，《The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving
in China（中國犀角雕刻藝術）》，倫敦，1999年， 頁158，圖195

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