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Lot 129^Y

A rhinoceros horn 'lotus leaf' libation cup
17th/18th century

Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

30 May 2017, 15:00 HKT

Hong Kong, Six Pacific Place

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A rhinoceros horn 'lotus leaf' libation cup

17th/18th century
Naturalistically worked in the form of a curled lotus leaf issuing from a stem forming the foot at the base, one side flanked by another curved lotus leaf forming the handle, the horn of a dark chocolate-brown tone. 10.4cm (4 1/8in) wide

Footnotes

十七/十八世紀犀角雕荷葉小杯

Provenance:
An important European private collection

來源：
重要歐洲私人收藏

The present lot is an exceptional example displaying the technical prowess and creativity achieved by the master carver in rendering the rhinoceros horn into an exquisite naturalistic form of a lotus leaf, different from the more typical portrayal of the lotus leaf in rhinoceros horn libation cups.

Compare a related larger rhinoceros horn 'lotus and crab' libation cup, 17th century, illustrated by T.Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.86, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2013, lot 3248.

小杯荷葉形，又於外壁雕一捲曲荷葉，以為杯柄，杯底葉莖相連，納水其中，亦可作筆洗而用。此器以浮雕、鏤雕、陰刻技法雕成，工藝嫻熟。參看仇大雄先生舊藏一件十七世紀蓮花杯，著錄於霍滿堂，《中國犀角雕刻珍賞》，香港，1999年，圖86，後售於香港蘇富比，2013年10月8日，拍品3248。

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