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A RARE SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN ‘VISHNU’ BOWL
Nepal, 18th century
Of peach-stone shape raised on a short shallow foot and plain flat
base, carved in relief to the rounded end of the interior with an image
of Vishnu with hands raised and seated on a ledge, the horn of a
dark-chocolate tone.
6cm (2 3/8in) long

£1,000 - 2,000
CNY8,900 - 18,000

尼泊爾 十八世紀 犀角毗濕奴像小盃

Provenance: an important European private collection

來源： 重要歐洲私人收藏

Compare a related rhinoceros horn bowl, of similar shape carved with
an image of Vishnu to the interior, illustrated by J.Chapman in The Art
of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p.274, pl.395. 301

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