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A very fine and rare Chinese Rhinoceros Horn group of the…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
21-Nov-2011
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Description:
A very fine and rare Chinese Rhinoceros Horn group of the Hehexian, 18th century, Early Qing Dynasty. The standing figure holding the stems of three lotus leaves, the seated twin holding a sceptre, three bats attached to one side, a fan with a tied ruyi branch on the other, the horn of pale translucent amber tone, with modern zitan wave-form base. See 'The Palace Museum Collection of Elite Carvings', Beijing, pl?s 213 and 224 for two other examples of figural carvings 16.5 cm long x 8 cm wide. Provenance: A Melbourne private collection; acquired by the collector?s grandfather, who was a missionary in Amoy in 1904, and brought back to Victoria in 1937
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Category:
Unclassified