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Auction archive: Lot number 1231

A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP

Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$314,500
Auction archive: Lot number 1231

A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP

Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$314,500
Beschreibung:

A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
19TH CENTURY
A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP 19TH CENTURY The large, deep cup with ruffled edge raised on a long tapering stem encased within the intricate openwork carving of the remainder of the horn, which depicts scholars and their attendants, one beckoning a buddhistic lion, and birds in flight amidst grape vines and pine boughs, the horn of honey color 21 13/16 in. (55.3 cm.) high, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 1231
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2011, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
19TH CENTURY
A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP 19TH CENTURY The large, deep cup with ruffled edge raised on a long tapering stem encased within the intricate openwork carving of the remainder of the horn, which depicts scholars and their attendants, one beckoning a buddhistic lion, and birds in flight amidst grape vines and pine boughs, the horn of honey color 21 13/16 in. (55.3 cm.) high, wood stand

Auction archive: Lot number 1231
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2011
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2011, New York, Rockefeller Center
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