LOT 11 A rare Longquan celadon-glazed model of a rhinoceros gazing at the moon 16th century
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A rare Longquan celadon-glazed model of a rhinoceros gazing at the moonNaturalistically modelled recumbent with its head turned and leaning backwards, the robust beast detailed with bulging eyes and horns, the legs bent and cleanly folded underneath the body with its tail swayed around its thigh, carrying a cluster of scrolling clouds on its back supporting a crescent moon, all covered under a lustrous sea-green glaze.|十六世紀 龍泉青釉犀牛望月擺件|Provenance: a Swiss private collection |來源:瑞士私人收藏|A bronze model of a mirror stand, shaped as a horned creature supporting a crescent moon and dated to the Song/ Yuan dynasty, is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and may be considered the prototype for the present lot, see R.Kerr, Later Chinese bronzes, 1990, p.101, fig.87.||
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