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28 avril 2011

A fine and large rhinoceros horn carved cup, 19th century.

A fine and large rhinoceros horn carved cup, 19th century. photo Bonhams Deeply hollowed and well carved along all the length of the curving tusk, below the plain cup carved as a flower head, with small figures singly and grouped scattered irregularly...

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Tags: 19th century, rhinoceros horn, cup

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29 août 2010

Rare gilt-bronze bird-form weight, parcel-gilt silver cup & box and cover. Tang dynasty (618-907)

A very rare gilt-bronze bird-form weight. Tang dynasty (618-907). Photo: Christie´s Images Ltd 2010 Possibly a sleeve weight, finely cast as two birds nestling against one another, their claws and tail feathers interlocked and their wings overlapping...

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Tags: Tang dynasty, Box and Cover, Gilt-Bronze, cup, parcel-gilt silver, bird-form, weight

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23 mars 2010

A large and rare carved rhinoceros horn cup. Ming dynasty, 16th / 17th century

A large and rare carved rhinoceros horn cup. Ming dynasty, 16th / 17th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's superbly carved in high-relief and openwork with the central figure of Shoulao riding a crane descending from the clouds to the Land of Immortals...

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Tags: Ming Dynasty, rhinoceros horn, 16th 17th Century, cup

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30 octobre 2009

A fine pair of yellow-glazed cups. Marks and period of Kangxi

A fine pair of yellow-glazed cups. Marks and period of Kangxi. photo Sotheby's each delicately potted, the egg-shell thin sides of the deep U-shaped cups moulded in low-relief on the exterior with a narrow register of two pairs of confronting archaistic...

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Tags: Kangxi Mark and Period, yellow-glazed, cup, Palace Museum Beijing, egg-shell

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11 juillet 2009

A selection of late 15th/Early 16th Century vietnamese ceramics from Hoi An Hoard @ Bonhams San Francisco

A selection of twenty-two blue and white jars and jarlets. Late 15th/Early 16th Century Including eight miniature jars painted with leafy sprays below a petal neck band; eight similar small jarlets decorated with bands of song birds amid foliate sprays;...

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Tags: Blue and White, Jar, Box, cup, Late 15th-Early 16th Century, parrot bowl, yuhuchun bottle

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25 juin 2009

A collection of jade brush washer, brush rest, brush pot, cups, water coupes and carvings

A carved white jade brush pot. Qing Dynasty Finely carved to resemble a plum tree trunk, a magpie perched on one of its blooming branches, all rendered in high relief and some deep undercutting; the evenly hued stone polished to a soft luster marked with...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, 19th century, 17th-18th Century, Brush Rest, brush pot, white jade, cup, brush washer, nephrite, water coupe

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20 juin 2009

A rare rhinoceros horn cup. 18th/19th Century

A rare rhinoceros horn cup. 18th-19th Century Of gently curving profile, depicting a raft coursing through finely detailed waves and tree branches, the wider end possibly presenting Zhang Qian, the famous Han Dynasty explorer, seated on a bench reading...

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Tags: rhinoceros horn, cup, 18th-19th century, Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian

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24 mai 2009

A 'Ming-style' blue and white cup. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period

A 'Ming-style' blue and white cup. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng period the thinly potted deep U-shaped body rising from a recessed base to a slightly flaring rim, delicately painted in Chenghua style in shades of underglaze cobalt-blue with two pairs of song...

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Tags: Qing dynasty, Blue and White, Yongzheng period, ming-style, cup

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11 mai 2009

A pair of 'doucai' cups. Kangxi marks and period

A pair of 'doucai' cups. Kangxi marks and period each delicately potted with deep rounded sides rising from a short straight foot to an everted rim, delicately painted around the exterior with leafy floral medallions between double lines at the foot and...

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Tags: doucai, Kangxi marks and period, cup

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