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Rhinoceros Horn Carvings

Property from the Estate of Joen Bird, Glenview Illinois
Lot 7090Y

A carved rhinoceros horn with landscape and figural decoration
19th century

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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A carved rhinoceros horn with landscape and figural decoration

19th century
The honey colored vessel elaborately carved and undercut as a large magnolia flower and secondary blossoms forming an imaginary landscape with Shoulao and his deer standing on one branch below tiered off-shoots of pine trees interwoven in the branches, set into an elaborate carved hardwood base echoing the same theme with Shoulao leaning toward a crouching deer in on a rocky mountain path carved with lingzhi plants.
12 1/2in (32cm) height of rhinoceros horn
18 1/4in (46.5cm) height including wood stand

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