rhinoceros horn

  Rhinoceros horn, China, 17th-18th century. Photo courtesy Auctionata. Fine open work carving. Appealing color. Beautiful translucence. Matching open work wooden base. Height (with base): 14 cm. Good condition. Estimate €24,000 – €30,000 Provenance: from an Austrian private collection An extraordinary cup with fine open work decoration; a similar piece fetched over 142,000 Euros at Christie’s New York in 2011 This exquisite rhinoceros horn libation cup dates to the 17th or 18th century. It is carved as... [Lire la suite]

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. Carved as an open blossom, the exterior with branches of flowering magnolia and other flowers, the branch twisting to form a handle and foot, with an additional magnolia blossom carved in high relief to the interior. (loss to foot); 6in (15.2cm) long. Estimate US$ 20,000 - 30,000 (€14,000 - 22,000 Provenance: Private American collectionAcquired in the 1950's or prior and thence by descentProperty of a Private American Collection. Bonhams.CHINESE ART FROM THE... [Lire la suite]

A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The dark brown body beautifully carved as an opened blossom, the exterior with delicate branches of flowering camellias, and prunus, the stems twisting to form a small handle and foot, with a hard wood stand. 5 1/2in (14cm) long. Estimate US$ 40,000 - 60,000 (€29,000 - 43,000) Property of a Private Texas Collection Bonhams.CHINESE ART FROM THE SCHOLAR'S STUDIO. 17 Mar 2014, New York - www.bonhams.com

Chinese Rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th century. Photo Freeman's Archaic form, with fine Greek key to edge and climbing qilong dragon to rim and sides over tight Greek key and tao tie mask ground, the reticulated handle carved with lobed cartouches, over conforming foot. H: 3 1/2 L: 6 1/4 inches. Estimate $10,000-15,000 PROVENANCE: Previously of a Delaware Estate Freeman's. ASIAN ARTS. Saturday, March 15 at 10am - www.freemansauction.com

Fine Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Freeman's The cup carved in the form of a blooming lily flower, encircled by more budding lilyies and leafy sprigs to the exterior; cup attached to a custom wood stand. H without stand: 5 1/2 inches; with stand 8 1/4 inches. Overall in good condition with no obvious breakage, the cup attached to the stand by a pin, with surface wear consistent with age. Estimate $80,000-120,000 PROVENANCE: Skinner 2013, Lot 222 Sale 2647B Previously from Luett & Sons, London... [Lire la suite]

A fine pair of full-tip rhinoceros horn 'lotus pond' libation cups,19th century. Photo Bonhams. Each long horn intricately carved with a large lotus blossom concealing a frog crouching on the inside petals, issuing from a long smooth stem surrounded by twisting overlapping stems, leaves and lotus blossoms and buds on which frogs and crabs crawl, the lotus stems growing from waves with a crayfish swimming at the tip, wood stands. The taller 52.7cm; 20¾in) high (4). Sold for £86,500 (€103,419) Provenance: Charles Brooking Compton... [Lire la suite]

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'scholars in landscape' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn of a rich honey tone darkening to reddish-brown on the interior, intricately carved with a continuous scene of two scholars conversing on beside a swiftly flowing river, another figure seated on a sampan beneath a rocky promontory from which a bearded gentleman gazes at an overhanging crag, all amongst sparsely scattered pine and wutong trees, the handle formed from vertical rocks and twisted branches of pine reaching... [Lire la suite]

A very rare rhinoceros horn 'pine' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The broad-lipped glossy cup formed as a pine trunk with detailed oval knots carved in low relief, the handle shaped as a twisted pine branch issuing groups of pine needles, rising from the foot and reaching into the smooth interior, and intertwined with a slender twisting branch of flowering prunus. 16.8cm (6 5/8in) long. Sold for £110,500 (€132,113) Provenance: an important European private collectionPreviously on loan to two British museums... [Lire la suite]

A very rare documentary rhinoceros horn 'prunus' libation cup, 17th-18th century, signed You Meiwang. Photo Bonhams. The pale amber horn carved as a gnarled prunus trunk with finely turned knots and crevices in the bark, the handle shaped as a slender twisting branch narrowing to thorned spikes and blossoming with prunus flowers and buds, the branch reaching across the rich brown-hued interior. 14.2cm (5 5/8in) long. Sold for £170,500 (€203,849) Provenance: an important European private collectionPreviously on loan to two... [Lire la suite]

A rhinoceros horn 'chilong and flowers' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn of dark amber tone and carved with one single-horned chilong with a spray of lingzhi fungus in its mouth balancing between a magnolia bud and a lotus leaf issuing from twisting stems gripped by another chilong forming the stem of the cup, the interior plain. 11.5cm (4¼in) high. Sold for £40,000 (€47,824) Provenance: a German private collection The original form of the rhinoceros horn of the present libation cup has been well... [Lire la suite]