AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN 'ORCHID PAVILION' LIBATION CUP
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN 'ORCHID PAVILION' LIBATION CUP SIGNED FANG HONGZHAI, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The sides crisply carved in high relief with scenes from 'Preface to the Scholarly Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion', detailed with scholars and attendants in a mountainous river retreat, including Wang Xizhi depicted inside a pavilion writing the famous Preface, two scholars conversing beneath bamboo trees and with one figure from each of the two groups of attendants floating cups of wine in a swirling river, with a brief inscription ' mao lin xiu zhu qu shui liu , 'lush woods, slender bamboo and a winding stream' and square carver's seal, Fang , carved on one rock face, all interspersed with trees, including a large gnarled tree trunks forming the handle at one side, the material of a rich reddish-brown colour 8 in. (20.3 cm.) across, wood stand, box Weight: 19.9 oz. (563 gm.)
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN 'ORCHID PAVILION' LIBATION CUP
AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN 'ORCHID PAVILION' LIBATION CUP SIGNED FANG HONGZHAI, MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY The sides crisply carved in high relief with scenes from 'Preface to the Scholarly Gathering at the Orchid Pavilion', detailed with scholars and attendants in a mountainous river retreat, including Wang Xizhi depicted inside a pavilion writing the famous Preface, two scholars conversing beneath bamboo trees and with one figure from each of the two groups of attendants floating cups of wine in a swirling river, with a brief inscription ' mao lin xiu zhu qu shui liu , 'lush woods, slender bamboo and a winding stream' and square carver's seal, Fang , carved on one rock face, all interspersed with trees, including a large gnarled tree trunks forming the handle at one side, the material of a rich reddish-brown colour 8 in. (20.3 cm.) across, wood stand, box Weight: 19.9 oz. (563 gm.)
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