Lot 57. Coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros sculptée, Chine, Dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle;  10 x 15 x 10 cm, 4 x 6 x 4 in. Estimate 50,000-70,000 EUR. Lot Sold: 132,750 EUR. Photo Sotheby's 2011

à décor d'écureuils, feuilles de vignes et grappes de raisin sur un sarment noueux formant l'anse et la base, l'intérieur figurant les nervures d'une feuille, la corne d'une belle teinte miel ; petits accidents et manques.

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, China, Qing dynasty, 18th century.

Note: Compare with a cup dated 17th century, finely carved with a squirrel and grapes illustrated in T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl.171.

Two 'squirrels and grapes' carved rhinoceros horn libation cups were sold at Christie's New York, 16th/17th December 2010, lot 1276 and 1282, another one at Christie's Paris, 13 June 2007, lot 28 and a last one at Sotheby's London, 16 May 2007, lot 4.

Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie. Paris, 8 juin 2011