A very rare rhinoceros horn bowl, China, 17th ct. or earlier. photo courtesy Nagel

D. 12,5 cm - Estimate €18 000

- Property from an old European private collection

- Rhinoceros horn vessels of this type are very rare, for a similar vessel from the Sackler collection see Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University Art Museum (1950.125.50), publ. Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, pl. 309, p. 220

- Eine kleinere Schale aus der Thomas Fok Collection, publ. Thomas Fok 'Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China', Hongkong, 1999, pl. 63 - Part. restaurierte Fraßlöcher und eine restaurierte Randbeschädigungen

Nagel Auktionen. Asian Art. November 5th 2010 www.auction.de