λ A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN 'CHILONG' LIBATION CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY Carved to the exterior with a band of taotie masks reserved on a finely incised leiwen ground, with lappets radiating from the central design, the handle formed as a large chilong gazing over the rim into the interior, with two further chilong clambering over the body, the beasts detailed with their bifurcated tails, with a band of key fret encircling the rim, the rim interior carved as large petals, all raised on a short flared foot, 11.6cm, 144g. 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. Cf. T Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p.82, no.35 for a comparable cup also with a lobed body and a chilong-shaped handle. Read more »
λ A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN 'CHILONG' LIBATION CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY Carved to the exterior with a band of taotie masks reserved on a finely incised leiwen ground, with lappets radiating from the central design, the handle formed as a large chilong gazing over the rim into the interior, with two further chilong clambering over the body, the beasts detailed with their bifurcated tails, with a band of key fret encircling the rim, the rim interior carved as large petals, all raised on a short flared foot, 11.6cm, 144g. 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. Cf. T Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p.82, no.35 for a comparable cup also with a lobed body and a chilong-shaped handle. Read more »
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