Description:H:8.3cm,L:15.2cm,W:9.5cm
the dark honey coloured body well carved with a continuous scene of boatmen on a mountain river among cliffs, and scholars looking on from the shore, the pierced openwork handle in the form of a gnarled pine, whose branches extend over into the interior of the vessel.
The landscape with water is a classic subject in rhino horn carving. For example, Jan Chapman illustrates a larger similar libation cup in the Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, in 'The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China', London 1999,pp.94/95,ill.77, and also on the front cover, which is also carved with a naturalistic double handle incorporating a pine
See Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2014, lot 3793
Provenance: a private collection of a lady
“竹木牙角”四大雕器中的“角”,便是犀牛角。犀牛角是几千年来都非常有名的角雕料之一。在中国古代,犀牛角就已十分珍贵,多为国家之间进贡礼物。《汉书》中记载:“南越王赵陀献文帝犀角十。”《战国策·楚策》中记载:楚王“遣使车百乘,献鸡骇之犀、夜光之璧于秦王。” 在唐、宋、明各代,犀牛角除由外国使节作为礼品赠送帝王外,还流传民间。犀牛角雕刻艺术品历来受到人们的追捧,被誉为古器物中的奇珍异宝。由于年代久远的犀角会被侵蚀,目前流传下来的犀角成品少而又少。
山水图是犀牛角杯上常见的题材,都柏林切斯特·比替图书馆收藏的一件相似的犀牛角杯,见《中国犀牛角艺术》,伦敦,1999年,94-95页,图77。另可参见此书封面的另一只双耳犀牛角杯
参阅:香港苏富比,2014年10月8日,编号3793
来源:女士私人收藏
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