An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-1
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-2
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-3
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-4
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-5
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-6
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-7
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-8
An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-1An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-2An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-3An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-4An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-5An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-6An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-7An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier - image-8

Lot 90 Dα

An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier

Auction 1249 - overview Cologne
18.06.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 30.000 € - 50.000 €
Result: 37.800 € (incl. premium)
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An exceptional rhinoceros horn cup with fitted wooden stand. Qing dynasty, 18th century or earlier

Carved with a continuous rocky landscape and a pine trunk, which together with a thick branch forms the handle of the cup, and whose branches with tufts of needles reach over the rim into the cup. Two scholars stand on the narrow side of the cup, one of them points to the waterfall that feeds a stream with a bridge. Trees with differing foliage grow on rocks, becoming smaller towards the top and thus suggesting an aerial perspective; a temple complex with a pagoda on one of the rocks. The underside is carved with waves and rocks.
The fitted wooden stand carved with a tree trunk surrounded by lingzhi clouds and five bats. Weight 390 g.
Height 10 cm; length 15.8 cm; height with stand 21.5 cm

清十八世紀或更早
犀角雕山水人物圖杯
雙款：「世賢堂」、 「...之」
文獻：可比李久芳主編，《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集·竹木牙角雕刻》，商務印書館(香港)，2014年，170-171頁，編號147
來源：德國杜塞爾多夫私人收藏

Provenance

Private collection, Düsseldorf

Literature

Compare a similar rhinoceros horn cup illustrated in: Li Jiufang, 'Gugong bowuyuan cang wenwu zhenpin quanji - Zhu mu ya jiao diaoke', Shangwuyinshuguan (Hong Kong) 2014, pp. 170-171, no. 147