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A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘SCHOLAR’ 明十六至十七世紀 犀角雕東方朔盜仙桃盃
LIBATION CUP
來源：
MING DYNASTY, 16TH – 17TH Spink & Son Ltd，倫敦，1978年
CENTURY
仇焱之及仇大雄收藏
the well-polished small cup of warm amber tone, 香港蘇富比2011年4月8日，編號2708
carved in high relief with the scholar Dongfang
Shuo wearing long flowing robes holding a sprig 展覽：
of peaches, followed by an attendant on the other 《One Man’s Taste. Treasures from the
side of the cup surrounded by oversized peach Lakeside Pavilion》，Galleries of the Baur
blossoms, the back of the horn carved with a
gnarled peach tree with branches extending over Collection，日內瓦，1988年，編號R9
《Craving for Carvings: Rhinoceros Horn
the rim onto the interior, wood stand
h. 10 cm, 4 in. from the Chow Collection》，亞洲文明博物
館，新加坡，2003年，編號fc9
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd, London, 1978. 出版：
Collections of Edward T. Chow and Franklin Jan Chapman，《中國的犀牛角雕刻藝術》
Chow. ，倫敦，1999年，圖版265
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2011, lot 2708.
霍滿棠，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999
EXHIBITED 年，圖版78
One Man’s Taste. Treasures from the Lakeside
Pavilion, Galleries of the Baur Collection, Geneva,
1988, cat. no. R9.
Craving for Carvings: Rhinoceros Horn from the
Chow Collection, Asian Civilizations Museum,
Singapore, 2003, cat. no. fc9.
LITERATURE
Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn
Carving in China, London, 1999. pl. 265.
Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn
Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 78.
◉ HK$ 1,200,000-2,200,000
US$ 154,000-282,000

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