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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 士紳藏品

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A RARE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PINE AND CLIFF’ LIBATION CUP The present libation cup is solely carved in high relief with a
17th/18th century mountainous landscape scene devoted to the craggy overhanging
Crisply carved around the exterior with wutong, cypress and pine cliffs and gnarled pine, cypress and wutong trees set above a
trees against angular rocky outcrops, two large pine trees forming stream, invoking the idealistic nature retreat the literati would aspire
the handle with further gnarled branches and pine-needles emerging to retire to. This bold design is more unusual compared to those also
through the interior in high relief, a swirling stream at the base, the horn decorated with sages and attendants; compare a related but larger
of reddish-brown tone. rhinoceros horn libation cup, signed Wenshu zhi, 17th century, from
10.5cm (4 1/8in) long. the collection of Harvard University Art Museums, illustrated in T.Fok,
Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong,
£10,000 - 15,000 1999, no.131.
CNY89,000 - 130,000
See a related but larger rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th/18th
century, which was sold in these Rooms, 14 May 2015, lot 247.
十七/十八世紀 犀角松崖流溪盃

Provenance: an English private collection

來源： 英國私人收藏

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