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A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PHOENIX AND MAGPIES’ Provenance: Maurice (1853-1922) and Marguerite Sulzbach
(1863-1945), and thence by descent
LIBATION CUP
17th century
Finely carved around the exterior with pairs of phoenix beneath 來源： Maurice(1853-1922)及Marguerite Sulzbach伉儷收藏，
the sun, perched on rockwork forming the base of the vessel, two 並由後人保存迄今
mandarin ducks touch beaks in a pond while pairs of sparrows and
magpies fly or perch on branches of pine, amidst a landscape with Pairs of birds represent the auspicious wishes for fertility as well as for
bamboo and prunus, the horn of rich caramel-brown tone graduating happiness in marriage, which is the particular symbolism of the pair
to a dark brown towards the base. of mandarin ducks. Related rhinoceros horn libation cups carved with
13.3cm (5 1/4in) long. cranes and phoenix in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, are illustrated
by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
1999, p.187.
£8,000 - 12,000
CNY71,000 - 110,000 A similar rhinoceros horn ‘auspicious birds’ libation cup, 17th/18th
century, was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 310.
十七世紀 犀角鳳鳥雙棲盃

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