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A CHENXIANGMU LIBATION CUP
Qing dynasty
Made to resemble a rhinoceros horn libation cup, the sides carved Yang Weizhan was an ivory carver, originally from Guangdong who
in high relief with a mountainous landscape peppered with travelers, worked for the Imperial court. Extant Imperial records record him as
pavilions and trees, a large undercut pine tree at one end forming the having carved a pair of ivory lamps in 1744. While working for the
handle, with two figures in a raft at the base, incised with characters court he also carved in chenxiangmu. A chenxiangmu carving of the
reading Chen Yang Weizhan gong zhi (respectively made by minister ‘Nine Elders of Fragrant Mountain’ in the collection of the National
Yang Weizhan), the rich dark wood with a shiny patina on the raised Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in James C.Y. Watt, Possessing
areas, the interior lacquered black, wood stand. the Past, Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, New
4 3/4in (12cm) high York and Taipei, 1996, p. 528, pl. 325.
$30,000 - 40,000

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