Lot 1270. A fine archaistic rhinoceros libation cup, Qing dynasty. Height 8.4 cm; length 14.8 cm. Estimated price €30.000 - €50.000. Result: €93.000. Photo Lempertz 

Of oval cross-section with tapering body, the mid-section carved in shallow relief with a band of C-shaped scrolls intercepted by three vertical serrated flanges, the flattened rim with a carved key-pattern band, the openwork handle formed by entwined qi dragons crawling over the rim. The recessed base with the raised seal-script mark Hu Xingyue zuo.

Provenance: Private collection, Düsseldorf

Literature: Compare a similar but more intricately carved archaistic cup bearing an almost identical seal mark by this carver illustrated in: Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong 1999, no. 27

 Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 14:00, Brussels