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9 mai 2011

Rhinoceros Horn Libation cups from the Edward and Franklin Chow Collection

A figural rhinoceros horn libation cup. Qing dynasty, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the amber and black toned horn carved with the scene of King Wen of Zhou inviting the retired scholar Jiang Ziya to return to official duties, the scholar seen opposite...

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1 mai 2011

A small rhinoceros horn ibation cup. 17th century.

A small rhinoceros horn ibation cup. 17th century. Photo Christies Ltd 2011 The octagonal vessel supported on a short recessed foot, the rim finely carved with a thin key-fret band, and with a loop handle to one side, the striated horn of a rich brown...

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1 mai 2011

A rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th century.

A rhinoceros horn libation cup. 17th century. Photo Christies Ltd 2011 Carved in the form of a curled lotus leaf, the exterior with five clambering sinuous chilong with bifurcated tails, the base with swirling waves, the horn of warm honey tones; 6 in....

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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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28 avril 2011

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....

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28 avril 2011

A finely-carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. Kangxi

A finely-carved rhinoceros horn libation cup. Kangxi. photo Bonhams Intricately carved around the exterior with a continuous riverscape, containing a single standing scholar amidst large rocky outcrops, overhanging pine and wutong trees, the openwork...

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12 avril 2011

A very rare rhinoceros horn cup with animals in relief, China, Ming dynasty, possibly 16th ct. or earlier.

A very rare rhinoceros horn cup with animals in relief, China, Ming dynasty, possibly 16th ct. or earlier. photo Nagel Auktionen The long sides of the cup of a golden honey-brown tone are carved in relief with two deer gazing ahead at a huge bird swooping...

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11 avril 2011

Ten best of Rhinoceros Horn Carvings from The Edward and Franklin Chow Collection

An extremely rare large rhinoceros horn archaistic guang vessel by You Yiliang. 17th century. Photo Sotheby's masterfully carved in the form of an archaistic bronze guang vessel with a body of flaring rectangular section set with a channelled spout opposite...

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4 avril 2011

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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19 mars 2011

A Very Rare Rhinoceros Horn Cup From China, Sold at Hotel des Ventes in Geneva for a Record Price

Estimated conservatively at CHF 10,000 to CHF 15,000 by the specialists, this cup changed ownership for the sum of CHF 365,000, over 30 times its estimate GENEVA.- The Hôtel des Ventes auction house has sold a Chinese libation cup made from a rhinoceros...

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