A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The flaring sides superbly carved with a scene inspired by Du Fu's poem 'Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup', with Lin Jin, Prince of Ruyang, accompanied by two attendants, one tending to his horse, the other balancing upon his back a pole strung with various cloth-bound accoutrements, including his master's bow, while the prince looks longingly towards two elegant women and a peddler pushing a wine cart, the two groupings separated by a meandering stream spanned by a foot bridge, the scene set within a lush mountainous landscape punctuated by pine, willow and wutong trees growing amidst rocky outcrops, with a retreat with tall triangular roof nestled amidst the trees in the distance, the handle formed by pierced rockwork and a pine tree, its boughs arching over the rim and into the interior of the cup, the flowing waters of the stream continuing to the underside of the cup carved with further rockwork framing a finely carved square seal reading You Kan , the material of a rich walnut tone 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high, box 350.9g
A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The flaring sides superbly carved with a scene inspired by Du Fu's poem 'Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup', with Lin Jin, Prince of Ruyang, accompanied by two attendants, one tending to his horse, the other balancing upon his back a pole strung with various cloth-bound accoutrements, including his master's bow, while the prince looks longingly towards two elegant women and a peddler pushing a wine cart, the two groupings separated by a meandering stream spanned by a foot bridge, the scene set within a lush mountainous landscape punctuated by pine, willow and wutong trees growing amidst rocky outcrops, with a retreat with tall triangular roof nestled amidst the trees in the distance, the handle formed by pierced rockwork and a pine tree, its boughs arching over the rim and into the interior of the cup, the flowing waters of the stream continuing to the underside of the cup carved with further rockwork framing a finely carved square seal reading You Kan , the material of a rich walnut tone 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high, box 350.9g
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