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Lot 144 D‡α

A rhinoceros libation cup. 18th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
15.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 10.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 15.000 € (incl. premium)
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A rhinoceros libation cup. 18th century

In shape of an archaic bronze vessel of guang type, the handle formed by a large chi dragon looking over the rim into the well of the cup, the outside carved with two taotie masks on an incised leiwen ground and three small chi dragongs in high relief. Part of the handle recarved in greyish horn.

清十八世紀 犀角雕饕餮螭龍雷紋杯
來源：德國萊茵蘭​法耳次​州私人收藏，購於1982年11月 26/27日科隆倫佩茨拍賣，編號1009，後由其家族繼承

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland-Palatinate, acquired at Lempertz, Cologne, 26./27.11.1982, lot 1009, and thence by descent