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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品
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A RHINOCEROS HORN ‘LOTUS-LEAF’ LIBATION CUP
18th century
The delicate cup carved as a spreading lotus leaf, incised on the
interior with the leaf veins and supported on the exterior by two small
spiralling shells and a twisting stalk issuing miniature prunus blossoms,
wood stand. 8cm (3 1/8in) long (2).
£3,000 - 5,000 CNY29,000 - 48,000
HK$35,000 - 59,000
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Provenance: an English private collection
來源： 英國私人收藏
The lotus, one of the Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, is a
homophone with he 和, meaning harmony and lian 連, meaning
continuation. Representing purity and aspiration, the lotus also
conveys auspicious symbolism of fertility, for their multitude of petals,
leaves, and seeds. A related rhinoceros horn libation cup sold in our
San Francisco rooms on 16 December 2014, lot 8264.
