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The Property of a Gentleman
A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup
Late Ming Dynasty
The horn intricately carved beneath the lip with a scholar playing the qin with two attendants in a hall, the scene continuing around the sides with carvings of other scholars variously riding, carrying a scroll, conversing and being waited on by their servants within the surrounding landscape, the handle formed of two intertwined pine trees, the interior plain. 15.3cm (6in) long
The horn intricately carved beneath the lip with a scholar playing the qin with two attendants in a hall, the scene continuing around the sides with carvings of other scholars variously riding, carrying a scroll, conversing and being waited on by their servants within the surrounding landscape, the handle formed of two intertwined pine trees, the interior plain. 15.3cm (6in) long
Sold for
£21,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 明晚期 犀角雕山水人物杯
Provenance: an English private collection
The United Kingdom Government has recently imposed an almost complete prohibition on granting a license to permit the export of worked antique rhinoceros horn from the UK to any destination outside the European Union. Please check with the department for further details.
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