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A RARE, SUPERBLY CARVED AND 明萬曆壬午年（1582年） 犀角雕螭龍秋葵紋盃
INSCRIBED RHINOCEROS HORN ‘CHILONG’ 題識：
LIBATION CUP 爾質則犀，爾量匪泥，豈斯樂斯，毋學阮嵇。
MING DYNASTY, DATED RENWU YEAR OF 萬曆壬午夏蓮花主人
THE WANLI PERIOD (IN ACCORDANCE WITH
1582) 來源：
法國私人收藏
exquisitely carved in the form of a deep musk mallow bloom, 巴黎佳士得2009年6月10日，編號262
one side decorated in openwork with a chilong clambering 埃斯卡納齊古董行，倫敦
on the interior of the rim and forming the handle of the cup,
the mythical beast rendered with a slender sinuous body 展覽：
terminating in an elongated curling tail extending across 《Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver: Works of Art
the vessel, all supported on a base rendered as the curling of the Ming and Qing Dynasties》，埃斯卡納齊古董行，
stem bearing the floral bloom and enveloping the vessel with 倫敦，2011年，編號17
attendant leaves and a floral bud, incised in clerical script on
one side with a poetic inscription warning against inebriation
and dated to the summer of the renwu year of the Wanli period
(in accordance with 1582), the surface with an attractive and
smooth patina, wood stand
19.4 cm, 7⅝ in.

PROVENANCE

A French private collection.
Christie’s Paris, 10th June 2009, lot 262.
Eskenazi Ltd, London.

EXHIBITED

Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver: Works of Art of the
Ming and Qing Dynasties, Eskenazi Ltd, London, 2011, cat. no.
17.

◉ HK$ 1,800,000-2,800,000
US$ 232,000-361,000

Inscription 題識
210 SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比