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A SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PINE’ 十七世紀 犀角雕蒼松盃
LIBATION CUP
來源：
17TH CENTURY
仇焱之（1963年購於倫敦）及仇大雄收藏
the wide shallow cup of irregular form, carved on the exterior 香港蘇富比2011年4月8日，編號2712
with a reticulated pine tree handle with branches extending
over the rim and onto the interior, the surface further textured 展覽：
with low-relief ovals resembling the bark of the tree, resting 《Craving for Carvings: Rhinoceros Horn from the Chow
on a flat base, the patina of smooth golden-amber tone, wood Collection》，亞洲文明博物館，新加坡，2003年，編號
stand fc21
w. 12.5 cm, 4⅞ in.
出版：
PROVENANCE
霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，圖版
Collections of Edward T. Chow (purchased in London, 1963)
and Franklin Chow. 121
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2011, lot 2712.
角盃雕蒼松，以古勁樹幹之形作盃，密佈鱗皺癭節，題材
EXHIBITED 高潔，甚合文人學者品味。雕工細緻入微，松葉畢現，枝
Craving for Carvings: Rhinoceros Horn from the Chow 幹從底部至口沿形成盃鋬，盃內巧飾小松果，可愛自然。
Collection, Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore, 2003, cat.
no. fc21. 文人愛松不畏嚴寒，終年長青，剛正不柯，高風亮節。蒼
松年可數百歲，象徵長壽。眾多雕松角器中，本盃堪稱佳
LITERATURE
品。其他犀角雕松盃，可參見倫敦大英博物館藏，刊於
Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in
Derek Gillman，〈A Source of Rhinoceros Horn Cups in
China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 121.
the Late Ming Dynasty〉，《Orientations》，1984年12
◉ HK$ 1,000,000-2,000,000 月，頁12，圖4。葉義醫生舊藏雕松樹角器，載於葉義，
US$ 128,000-256,000 〈Chinese Rhinoceros Horn Carvings〉，《International
Asian Antiques Fair》，香港，1982 年，頁40，圖版38
Fashioned in the form of the bark of the pine tree with its
。霍滿棠舊藏松崖煙溪盃，器側雕古松作鋬，蒼勁秀逸，
characteristic scales and nodules, the present exquisitely
carved cup is in the taste of the Chinese scholar-literati. The 枝瘤結聚，收於霍滿棠編，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香
craftsman has formed the handle to represent a pine branch 港，1999年，圖版160。
which climbs over the lip of the cup. Rarely seen on designs
類似犀角雕松盃曾售於拍賣，如斯德哥爾摩 Nils Nessim
of this type is the small pine cone visible inside the well. The
pine needles are meticulously rendered, consistent with the 珍藏角盃，售於紐約蘇富比1981年2月27日，編號320；
naturalistic detail of the whole piece. 另有相類角盃，售於香港蘇富比1978年5月23日，編號
The subject matter of the pine tree was much favoured by the 84。
literati who saw it as the symbol of their unyielding character.
The rugged pine represents venerability and is an important
symbol of longevity. While there are many pine-decorated
rhinoceros horn cups, the present example is an especially
fine one. For further cups in this group see one in the British
Museum, London, included in Derek Gillman, ‘A Source of
Rhinoceros Horn Cups in the Late Ming Dynasty’, Orientations,
December 1984, p. 12, fig. 4; another from the collection of
Dr Ip Yee, published in Dr Ip Yee, ‘Chinese Rhinoceros Horn
Carvings’, International Asian Antiques Fair, Hong Kong, 1982,
p. 40, pl. 38; and one with a strongly modelled pine tree with
a gnarled and twisted trunk rising to form the handle, from
the collection of Thomas Fok, illustrated in Thomas Fok,
Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong
Kong, 1999, pl. 160.
Cups of this type have been sold at auction; for example see
one, from the estate of Nils Nessim, Stockholm, sold in our
New York rooms, 27th February 1981, lot 320; and a cup sold in
these rooms, 23rd May 1978, lot 84.

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