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Auction archive: Lot number 47

AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Auction 19.09.2006
19 Sep 2006
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$36,000
Auction archive: Lot number 47

AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

Auction 19.09.2006
19 Sep 2006
Estimate
US$15,000 - US$18,000
Price realised:
US$36,000
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY Carved in relief on one side with two monkeys leaping atop rocks in a mountainous landscape, and on the reverse with two deer walking on a path on either side of a tree growing from a rock, with a prunus tree growing from another rock below the spout and two further rocks and a pine tree forming the handle at the opposite end, with openwork base 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 47
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY Carved in relief on one side with two monkeys leaping atop rocks in a mountainous landscape, and on the reverse with two deer walking on a path on either side of a tree growing from a rock, with a prunus tree growing from another rock below the spout and two further rocks and a pine tree forming the handle at the opposite end, with openwork base 6 7/16 in. (16.4 cm.) long

Auction archive: Lot number 47
Auction:
Datum:
19 Sep 2006
Auction house:
Christie's
19 September 2006, New York, Rockefeller Center
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