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An Exquisitely Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Red Cliff' Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century

An Exquisitely Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Red Cliff' Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century. Photo Sotheby's the exterior carved to portray the Red Cliff punctuated with vegetarian and gnarly trees, undercut at one end to form the handle, the poet Su Dongpo and...

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Tags: rhinoceros horn, 17th-18th century, 'Red Cliff' Libation Cup

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2 septembre 2012

A Rare and Unusual Rhinoceros Horn 'chilong' Libation Cup, 17th century

A Rare and Unusual Rhinoceros Horn 'chilong' Libation Cup, 17th century. Photo Sotheby's the exterior carved with six lively chilong clinging to pointed overhanging rocks with outcrops of pine shrouded with swirling mist that extends over the rim, one...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, 17th century, 'chilong'

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2 septembre 2012

A Finely Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Landscape' Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century

A Finely Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Landscape' Libation Cup, 17th-18th Century. Photo Sotheby's decorated with a scholars and their attendants within a luxuriant mountain landscape crossed by a stream and punctuated with a variety of trees, three undercut...

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1 septembre 2012

A Large and Impressive Celadon Jade 'Dragon' Washer. 17th-18th Century

A Large and Impressive Celadon Jade 'Dragon' Washer. 17th-18th Century. Photo Sotheby's carved from a single boulder, skillfully utilizing the stone's rhythmic shape to create a powerful design of five writhing five-clawed dragons amid swirling clouds,...

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Tags: celadon jade, 17th-18th century, 'dragon' washer

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31 août 2012

A Magnificent Rhinoceros Horn 'Hawks' Libation Cup, signed You Kan. Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th Century

A Magnificent Rhinoceros Horn 'Hawks' Libation Cup, signed You Kan. Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th Century. Photo Sotheby's the tall horn superbly carved in high relief as a pair of hawks by a gnarled tree with branches growing from the sides of a mountain ledge,...

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Tags: libation cup, rhinoceros horn, Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century, You Kan, 'Hawks'

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25 août 2012

Chinese carved tortoiseshell brush pot, Qing dynasty

Chinese carved tortoiseshell brush pot, Qing dynasty. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers The small cylindrical pot meticulously crafted with freely-carved interlocking butterflies among vines and gourds. H: 4 3/4 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000 Freeman's...

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Tags: tortoiseshell, Qing dynasty, brush pot

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25 août 2012

Chinese scholar's wax stone

Chinese scholar's wax stone. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers The smooth stone some dimpled surface fitted on finely carved base decorated with pine and lingzhi. H of stone: 13 in. H of stand: 5 in. Estimate $800-1,000 PROVENANCE: Property of...

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Tags: Scholar's Rock, wax stone

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25 août 2012

Fine Chinese bamboo libation cup, 17-18th century

Fine Chinese bamboo libation cup, 17-18th century. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers Typical recumbent beast form Fu-lion with ball, over later stand. L: 4 1/2 in. Estimate $2,500-3,500 old break about half inch near left eye on top corner of...

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Tags: libation cup, bamboo, 17-18th century

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25 août 2012

Chinese crackle glazed water pot. Qing dynasty or earlier

Chinese crackle glazed water pot. Qing dynasty or earlier. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers Domed top straight sides slightly flaring near base, raised on well molded footring, the body and base suffused in a network of fine crackles which also...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, water pot, crackle glazed

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25 août 2012

Chinese peachbloom 'beehive' watercoupe taibaizun, Qing dynasty

Chinese peachbloom 'beehive' watercoupe taibaizun, Qing dynasty. 2012 © Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers The domed watercoupe with small lip covered in a thin brownish green glaze turning pink at spots. H: 8 in. Estimate $400-600 Freeman's Auctioneers...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Peachbloom, 'beehive', taibaizun, watercoupe

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