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Auction archive: Lot number 599

A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$362,500
Auction archive: Lot number 599

A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Estimate
US$30,000 - US$50,000
Price realised:
US$362,500
Beschreibung:

A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 18TH CENTURY The exterior well carved in high relief with a tiger under the spreading branches of a pine tree peering up at a scaly four-clawed dragon clutching a flaming pearl emerging from vaporous clouds, the handle formed by a tall outcropping of perforated rock and a large pine tree that continues over the edge into the rock-carved interior, the horn of golden honey color 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 599
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
A RARE LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 18TH CENTURY The exterior well carved in high relief with a tiger under the spreading branches of a pine tree peering up at a scaly four-clawed dragon clutching a flaming pearl emerging from vaporous clouds, the handle formed by a tall outcropping of perforated rock and a large pine tree that continues over the edge into the rock-carved interior, the horn of golden honey color 7 3/8 in. (18.6 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 599
Auction:
Datum:
19 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
19 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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