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Lot 455Y
A rhinoceros horn libation cup 17th/18th century
13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £60,000 inc. premium
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17th/18th century
The tapering cup carved in high relief around the sides and base with gnarled pine branches, some extending over the rim into the interior, with a larger, twisted branch forming the loop handle, carved wood stand.
13.5cm (5½in) (2).
The tapering cup carved in high relief around the sides and base with gnarled pine branches, some extending over the rim into the interior, with a larger, twisted branch forming the loop handle, carved wood stand.
13.5cm (5½in) (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: according to the family, purchased by Paul Lauder in Asia circa 1934, and thence by descent
Compare a related rhinoceros horn cup well carved with gnarled pine branches and needles, from the Thomas Fok collection, New York, illustrated in J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, pl.152.














