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A rhinoceros horn 'prunus and chilong' libation cup, 17th-18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'prunus and chilong' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The reddish brown horn naturalistically carved as a knotted prunus trunk, the smoothly hollowed interior with a delicate chilong clambering up to entwine itself amongst...

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25 avril 2014

A rhinoceros horn 'Taotie' libation cup, 18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'Taotie' libation cup, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. The dark amber-toned horn carved with a larger and a smaller stylised chilong biting the rim of the cup, the body of the larger chilong becoming a simple scroll handle, the body delicately...

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25 avril 2014

An archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century

An archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The richly-grained and glossy dark amber horn exceptionally finely formed with a high stepped foot beneath the body carved with a dramatic taotie mask decorative band, the double-handle...

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25 avril 2014

A fine rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century

A fine rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. Of tapering form rising to the everted rim, naturalistically carved as a gnarled tree trunk with irregular knots, cavities and branches, the base carved with the four character seal...

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25 avril 2014

A rhinoceros horn 'prunus' libation cup, 17th-18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'prunus' libation cup, 17th-18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn of rich, dark amber tone and finely carved on the exterior with two fork-tailed birds swooping in flight beside a flowering prunus branch with a twisted trunk forming...

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25 avril 2014

A rhinoceros horn 'leaf' libation cup, 18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'leaf' libation cup, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. The warm, reddish-brown toned horn intricately carved as a spreading serrated-edged leaf with fine naturalistic veining on the interior, the exterior further carved with two fine smooth...

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25 avril 2014

A rhinoceros horn archaistic libation cup, 18th century

A rhinoceros horn archaistic libation cup, 18th century. Photo Bonhams. The horn finely carved in a simple archaistic style, with the delicately lobed exterior raised on a stepped foot, the shallow handle formed as a stylised chilong with its head and...

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21 avril 2014

Four carved rhinoceros horn cup at Nagel, "Asiatische Kunst", 8.5.2014

An extremely rare imperial rhinoceros horn stemcup with plain sides and massive foot, China, Qianlong four-character seal mark and of the period. Photo Nagel Thinly carved bowl with semi-translucent sides and massive bottom resting on a conical pedestal...

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2 avril 2014

A rhinoceros horn 'Pine' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century

A rhinoceros horn 'Pine' cup, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's the tapered horn of reddish-brown colour lightening to a caramel tone at the flared rim, naturalistically carved to resemble a section of a tree trunk with blossoming pine twigs...

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30 mars 2014

A superbly carved rhinoceros horn log-raft cup, by You Tong, late Ming Dynasty

Lot 3014. A superbly carved rhinoceros horn log-raft cup, by You Tong, late Ming Dynasty. Estimate 5,000,000 — 7,000,000 HKD . Lot sold 10,840,000 HKD. Photo Sotheby's superbly carved in varying relief with the figure of Zhang Qian, the great Han statesman...

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