Fine Asian Art - 14th November 2023

Lot 51

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ‘RHINOCEROS HORN’ LIBATION CUP

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £3528

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Description

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ‘RHINOCEROS HORN’ LIBATION CUP

KANGXI 1662-1722

The exterior moulded in relief with an equestrian figure beneath a parasol held by his attendant, the reverse with a tiger sitting and looking up at a dragon emerging from rocks, raised on an octagonal foot, the high wood stand elaborately carved with pine, lingzhi, flowerheads and pierced rocks, 15cm. (2)

Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent through the family. This cup and stand are recorded in the Christie, Manson & Woods inventory at Broome Park, in December 1916 on page 11, no.561.

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來源：霍雷肖•赫伯特•基奇納元帥（1850-1916），之後由其後人繼承。據佳士得Manson & Woods出版的， Broome Park庫存手冊中記載，1916年12月，頁11， 編號561。