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λ A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN ‘THREE FRIENDS OF WINTER’
LIBATION CUP
17 /EARLY 18 CENTURY
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Carved to the exterior with pairs of phoenix, cranes, ducks and other birds
amidst pine, prunus and bamboo, the trunks of the pine trees forming the
handle, with simple petals incised to the interior, all raised on a short circular
base worked as rocks, 13.6cm, 172g.
Please note that an export licence will only be granted for rhinoceros horn
pieces should the hammer price meet or exceed the value of 100 USD per gram
of the item’s weight.
£15,000-20,000
Cf. Christie’s New York, 19th September 2007, lot 3 and 22nd March 2012,
lot 1690 for two comparable pieces also carved with pairs of phoenix, cranes and
other birds amidst foliage and rocks; see also J Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros
Horn Carving in China, p.187, nos.253 and 254 for two further related examples in
the Chester Beatty Library, the former decorated with a pair of cranes against rocks,
the latter with two phoenix.
十七/十八世紀 犀角雕歲寒三友杯
註：只有落槌價格每克超過100美金的犀角雕拍品才能申請出口證書。

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