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A fine and rare signed rhinoceros horn libation cup, 16th/17th century

A fine and rare signed rhinoceros horn libation cup, 16th/17th century The steep sides finely carved and incised with a solitary boatman in a sea of tranquil waves, below jagged mountains and trees, to the side a large gnarled pine tree forming the handle...

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26 décembre 2008

An aloeswood carved libation cup. 18th century

An aloeswood carved libation cup. 18th century Of conical form with an irregular outline, the surface carved in high relief with two magpies on gnarly blossoming prunus branches, the surface coated with a thin layer of lacquer, the interior lacquered...

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26 décembre 2008

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th/18th Century

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th/18th Century Carved and undercut as a tree stump supporting a pair of phoenix birds with clusters of bamboo and lingzhi shading swimming ducks, the interior carved as a six petal flower, the honey-colored horn...

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6 décembre 2008

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th/18th Century

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11 novembre 2008

A rare an very finely carved rhinoceros horn lotus-shaped libation cup, China, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th ct

A rare an very finely carved rhinoceros horn lotus-shaped libation cup, China, Ming dynasty, 16th/17th ct of dark honey colour, naturalistically carved as an inverted lotus leaf, on the outside with delicately executed veins in relief as well as 2 lotus...

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11 novembre 2008

A very fine and carefully carved large rhinoceros libation cup, China, 17th/18th ct

A very fine and carefully carved large rhinoceros libation cup, China, 17th/18th ct of honey-brown colour, carved on the outside as a trunk of a plum tree of which are sprouting many small twigs full of plum blossoms in shallow and high relief trailing...

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29 octobre 2008

A Group Of Ten Blanc-De-Chine Libation Cups, 17th/18th Century

A Group Of Ten Blanc-De-Chine Libation Cups, 17th/18th Century comprising two pairs of flared octagonal form on bracket feet; another similar; two of magnolia form applied with branches of prunus and magnolia; a similar cup of multi-lobed form; and two...

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14 septembre 2008

A Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Blossom and Qilong' Libation Cup. 17th Century

A Carved Rhinoceros Horn 'Blossom and Qilong' Libation Cup. 17th Century The floriform cup with exterior carved with a qilong climbing interlaced budding magnolia branches which twine to form the openwork foot, the side incised sheng gao and bo hong,...

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7 septembre 2008

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century

A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century Of deep, conical form, the exterior carved in relief with a writhing chilong grasping a lingzhi in its mouth amidst further sprays of lingzhi and leafy stalks of bamboo, the handle carved as a stalk of bamboo...

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6 septembre 2008

A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century

A finely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 18th century The sides well carved in relief and undercut with a river landscape where two scholars and attendants are journeying in a boat on the rippled waters of the river, with pavilions and temples nestled...

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