A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CARVED 'HUNDRED BOYS' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CARVED 'HUNDRED BOYS' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The sides crisply carved in high relief with groups of children to the interior and exterior in a garden setting strewn with rockwork, pines, streams, a pavilion, and a bridge, some of the boys engaged in discussion under a pavilion and occupied in traditional games including chess, while others beat gongs and drums, play hide-and-seek, set off firecrackers, pick fruit and sprinkle flowers, to one side pierced and carved with the gnarled trunks of a pine and wutong tree to form the handle, the flattened rim detailed with swirling clouds, the underside of the flat foot carved with two seal script characters carved in relief, Shang Ming , the material of a rich caramel tone darkening to walnut at the core 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, wood stand, box Weight: 24 oz. (683 gm.)
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CARVED 'HUNDRED BOYS' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL-CARVED 'HUNDRED BOYS' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The sides crisply carved in high relief with groups of children to the interior and exterior in a garden setting strewn with rockwork, pines, streams, a pavilion, and a bridge, some of the boys engaged in discussion under a pavilion and occupied in traditional games including chess, while others beat gongs and drums, play hide-and-seek, set off firecrackers, pick fruit and sprinkle flowers, to one side pierced and carved with the gnarled trunks of a pine and wutong tree to form the handle, the flattened rim detailed with swirling clouds, the underside of the flat foot carved with two seal script characters carved in relief, Shang Ming , the material of a rich caramel tone darkening to walnut at the core 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high, wood stand, box Weight: 24 oz. (683 gm.)
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