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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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6 juin 2011

Massive Qianlong Lacquer Vase Highlights June Auction In San Francisco

Massive Qianlong Lacquer Vase Highlights June Auction In San Francisco
A fine red, black and yellow carved lacquer baluster vase, 18th Century. Estimate $80,000-120,000. Photo Bonhams San Francisco - Summer begins with a wealth of Chinese art at Bonhams & Butterfields, with fine objects in every collecting category going...
1 juin 2011

A finely carved archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century

A finely carved archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century
A finely carved archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The tall slender body rising to a wide flaring rim, encircled at the mid-section in shallow relief with a raised band of confronted...
1 juin 2011

An extremely rare rhinoceros horn 'chilong and lingzhi' warming cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century

An extremely rare rhinoceros horn 'chilong and lingzhi' warming cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century
An extremely rare rhinoceros horn 'chilong and lingzhi' warming cup. Ming dynasty, early 17th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Of deep, conical form carved on the gold-lacquered interior with stepped ridges forming the outline of a lingzhi...
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...
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1 juin 2011

An important and extremely rare rhinoceros horn deer-form libation cup. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century.

An important and extremely rare rhinoceros horn deer-form libation cup. Ming dynasty, 16th/17th century.
An important and extremely rare rhinoceros horn deer-form libation cup. Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 The hollowed cup superbly carved as a powerful full-bodied recumbent deer, its front talon-like feet contentedly...
1 juin 2011

An extremely rare rhinoceros horn floriform cup. Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period (1736-1795

An extremely rare rhinoceros horn floriform cup. Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period (1736-1795
An extremely rare rhinoceros horn floriform cup. Qianlong incised four-character mark and of the period (1736-1795). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd. 2011 Elegantly carved with deep rounded sides rising to an everted eight-lobed rim echoing the form of petals...
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...
31 mai 2011

Rhinoceros horn libation cups & A rare Arabic-inscribed rhinoceros horn stemcup. Late Ming dynasty

Rhinoceros horn libation cups & A rare Arabic-inscribed rhinoceros horn stemcup. Late Ming dynasty
A finely carved 'Ode to the Red Cliff' rhinoceros horn libation cup. Late Ming / early Qing dynasty. Photo Bonhams Superbly carved in deep relief to depict a scene from 'Ode to the Red Cliff', depicting Su Dongpo accompanied by two other figures seated...
17 mai 2011

Rhinoceros horn carving @ Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 11 May 11

Rhinoceros horn  carving @ Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, 11 May 11
A carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th century. .Photo Sotheby's of flaring U-shape resting on a flat base, carved with a gnarled tree forming the handle with associated leaves continuing over the rim, the exterior decorated in relief with a sage...
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