λ A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN 'LOTUS' LIBATION CUP

£5,000 - £8,000

λ A CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN 'LOTUS' LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY

The bowl formed as a lotus leaf issuing from a slender stem, with further flowers, buds and leaves carved to the exterior, the interior with a small three-legged toad, 118g, 16.5cm.

WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。

Please note that an export licence will only be granted for rhinoceros horn pieces, should the hammer price meet or exceed the value of 100 USD per gram of the item’s weight.

Provenance: from the private collection of Michael and Margaret Susands.

Cf. T Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p.146, no.96 for a related example.

十八世紀犀角鏤雕一束蓮紋杯
來源：Michael and Margaret Susands私人收藏。
注：犀牛角的出口許可證，僅於拍賣價格達到或超過每克100美元之物品重量價值時，方予核發。