LOT 25 An extraordinary finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, the flaring sides finely carved in partial openwork with scholars strolling underneath trees in a rocky landscape and a fishing boat by the shore, a large rock to the inside upon which grows a pine tree, the flat base carved with stylised waves, 17th/18thC, H 11,5 - B 15 - D 10,5 cm - Weight: 467g, Provenance: European private collection, acquired in the 1960's in Europe and thence by descent. Literature: Compare: T. Fok, Connoisseurship in Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 198, no. 142 and p. 221, no. 162
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Description: An extraordinary finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, the flaring sides finely carved in partial openwork with scholars strolling underneath trees in a rocky landscape and a fishing boat by the shore, a large rock to the inside upon which grows a pine tree, the flat base carved with stylised waves, 17th/18thC, H 11,5 - B 15 - D 10,5 cm - Weight: 467g, Provenance: European private collection, acquired in the 1960's in Europe and thence by descent. Literature: Compare: T. Fok,Connoisseurship in Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 198, no. 142 and p. 221, no. 162
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