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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳藏品

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A RHINOCEROS HORN ARCHAISTIC LIBATION CUP The present libation cup is finely carved with taotie masks inspired by
17th/18th century those adorning archaic bronzes; similarly its form with an elongated
Carved from a horn of an attractive dark-chocolate tone and raised on spout was probably inspired by the jue wine vessel. Such archaistic
a gently spread foot, the tapering body decorated in relief to each side decoration harked back not only to the form and decoration but to
with an archaistic taotie mask reserved on leiwen ground, separated by the idealised morals of early China, whilst allowing the contemporary
notched flanges, the handle formed with two chilong clambering and carver to transform and reinterpret the form and decoration.
biting the flared rim encircled by a key-fret band opposite to the spout.
14.6cm (5 3/4in) long Compare with a related rhinoceros horn libation cup with archaistic
taotie decoration against a key-fret diaper, with clambering chilong
£25,000 - 35,000 in the Staatliches Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich, illustrated by
CNY220,000 - 310,000 J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
1999, p.152, pl.184; see also another similar rhinoceros cup in the
Chester Beatty Library, illustrated in ibid., p.247, pl.361.
十七/十八世紀 犀角仿古饕餮紋蟠螭耳盃
See also a related rhinoceros horn cup, 17th/18th century, which was
Provenance: an important European private collection sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 30 May 2017, lot 137.

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