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Auction archive: Lot number 219

A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$116,500
Auction archive: Lot number 219

A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Estimate
US$15,000 - US$20,000
Price realised:
US$116,500
Beschreibung:

A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH CENTURY Finely carved around the sides with two intertwined leafy branches of finger citron that form the openwork handle at one end and bear fruit at the mouth rim, on the sides and at the base where it continues onto the underside beside an unusual outward-curved leaf, with an orchid issuing from under the handle on one side, of rich honey color 5 7/8 in. (16 cm.) across, wood stand, fitted box

Auction archive: Lot number 219
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH CENTURY Finely carved around the sides with two intertwined leafy branches of finger citron that form the openwork handle at one end and bear fruit at the mouth rim, on the sides and at the base where it continues onto the underside beside an unusual outward-curved leaf, with an orchid issuing from under the handle on one side, of rich honey color 5 7/8 in. (16 cm.) across, wood stand, fitted box

Auction archive: Lot number 219
Auction:
Datum:
15 Sep 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
15 September 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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