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A LARGE ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN ‘NINE DRAGON’ Provenance: Maurice (1853-1922) and Marguerite Sulzbach
LIBATION CUP (1863-1945), and thence by descent
17th century
Expertly carved around the exterior with a band of archaistic taotie 來源： Maurice(1853-1922)及Marguerite Sulzbach伉儷收藏，
mask patterns interrupted by several clambering chilong with 並由後人保存迄今
bifurcated tails, the openwork strap handle flanked by further chilong
and with three more chilong crawling along the rim, the mouth and For a related archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup with taotie and
foot rims with key-fret bands, the horn of a dark chocolate brown tone. several chi-dragons, late Ming dynasty, see Bamboo, Wood, Ivory
22.9cm (7 1/2in) long. and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings: The Complete Collection of Treasures
of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, p.151, no.133. Another
£20,000 - 30,000 closely related rhinoceros horn libation cup with similar design of
CNY180,000 - 270,000 dragons and taotie masks, 17th century, is illustrated by T.Fok,
Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong,
十七世紀 犀角仿古饕餮紋九龍耳盃 1999, p.88, no.41.

Compare with a similar archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th
century, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2014, lot 122.

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