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17th-18th century
20 juin 2011

Rhinoceros Horn Carvings and Scholars' Objects @ Bonhams

Rhinoceros Horn Carvings and Scholars' Objects @ Bonhams
A rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing Dynasty, 18th Century. Photo Bonhams The conical horn well carved and undercut with a handle formed by a rocky outcropping and the reticulated trunks of deciduous trees overlapping a gnarled pine with its upper branches...
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1 juin 2011

An extremely rare archaistic tripod rhinoceros horn libation cup.. Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century.

An extremely rare archaistic tripod rhinoceros horn libation cup.. Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century.
An extremely rare archaistic tripod rhinoceros horn libation cup.. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The archaistic vessel standing on three broadly splayed triangular lappet-form legs emerging from lion masks, the slender...
1 juin 2011

An exquisitely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty 17th/18th century.

An exquisitely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty 17th/18th century.
An exquisitely carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The thick irregular sides superbly carved as a tapering knotted hibiscus branches issuing from the exterior to form the handle, growing...
9 mai 2011

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century & A jade-hilted dagger, India, 18th ct

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century & A jade-hilted dagger, India,  18th ct
A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the tapering curved watered-steel blade with broad flattened back chiselled and overlaid in gold with a pendant palmette, the dark-green jade pistol-grip...
8 mai 2011

Mughal gem-set gold and jade objects and jewelry, India, 17th,18th & 19th century

Mughal gem-set gold and jade objects and jewelry, India, 17th,18th & 19th century
A rare Mughal gem-set gold spoon, India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the shallow bowl delicately inlaid on the reverse with a lotus rosette comprised of radiating foil-backed diamond petals and rubies, the faceted tapering shaft inlaid with emeralds...
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8 mai 2011

Safavid Polychrome & blue and white, Persia, 17th century

Safavid Polychrome & blue and white, Persia, 17th century
A Safavid Polychrome Bottle, Persia, second half 17th Century. Photo Sotheby's the bulbous body with slender elongated neck on a short foot, the slip painting with central decoration comprising lobed cartouches with blue, black and red floral motifs;...
6 mai 2011

Henri Dasson (1825 - 1896), A gilt-bronze mounted Imari porcelain clock. Paris, circa 1890, the Japanese Imari porcelain late 17

Henri Dasson (1825 - 1896), A gilt-bronze mounted Imari porcelain clock. Paris, circa 1890, the Japanese Imari porcelain late 17
Henri Dasson (1825 - 1896), A gilt-bronze mounted Imari porcelain clock. Paris, circa 1890, the Japanese Imari porcelain late 17th/early 18th century. Photo Sotheby's the white enamel dial signed H RY DASSON, the movement stamped VILLARD A PARIS and numbered...
28 avril 2011

Three rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th-18th century

Three rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th-18th century
A rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th-18th century. Crisply carved in high relief around the exterior with pairs of ducks beneath the lip on a pond, and larger pairs of cranes on the sides, the ends with the handle formed as a double leafy pine trunk....
15 avril 2011

A very large huanghuali brushpot. Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century.

A very large huanghuali brushpot. Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century.
A very large huanghuali brushpot. Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's. carved from a single section of tree trunk of wide cylindrical form, the wood of rich reddish-brown color with characteristics 'fur' markings, wood stand; diameter 28...
4 avril 2011

A rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century.

A rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century.
A rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's resting on a nest of entwined tree branches forming a bifurcated pine and prunus branch handle to one side and bamboo on the other, forming the 'Three Friends of Winter',...
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