A rare buffalo horn 'lakeside' vase


17th/18th centuryCarved to the exterior with a continuous riverscape scene, depicting a sage holding a walking cane accompanied by a boy attendant under drooping branches of pine and bamboo, travelling towards a thatched cottage across the bridge beside rocky outcrops and pine branches emerging amdist dense scrolling clouds, the horn of an attractive honey-amber tone. 12.8cm (5in) long
|十七世紀 角雕高士賞遊盃Provenance: an important European private collection來源： 歐洲私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今The carving around the exterior of the present lot is inspired from landscape painting of the Ming dynasty, where the viewer imagines himself as the small figure in the image gazing out across the landscape. The attendant carrying a guqin in a cloth bag gazes humourously directly at us, which demonstrates an unusually large degree of freedom of creativity practiced by the master carver. A related buffalo horn 'scholar and attendant' libation cup, 17th century, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 135.