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298 Y
A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘PHOENIX AND FLOWERS’ Provenance: an important European private collection
LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century 來源： 重要歐洲私人收藏
The horn of attractive amber tone, crisply carved around the exterior
with a phoenix perched on rocky outcrop gazing at a arriving bird in Compare with a related rhinoceros horn libation cup carved with
flight, surrounded by an abundance of blossoming flowers, issuing cranes and phoenix in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, illustrated
from two tree branches forming the handles and the ring foot, the by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London,
interior incised with radiating veins. 1999, p.187.
13cm (5 1/8in) long
A related rhinoceros horn ‘auspicious birds’ libation cup, 18th century,
£8,000 - 12,000 was sold at Bonhams London, 11 May 2017, lot 310.
CNY71,000 - 110,000

十七/十八世紀 犀角鳳鳥雙棲盃

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