Lot description
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONALLY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP, BY BAO TIANCHENG 17TH CENTURY THIS IS A PREMIUM LOT.CLIENTS WHO WISH TO BID ON PREMIUM LOTS ARE REQUESTED TO COMPLETE THE PREMIUM LOT PRE-REGISTRATION 3 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SALE.BIDnow ONLINE BIDDING SERVICE IS NOT AVALIABLE. of gently flaring form, intricately carved in various levels of relief around the exterior, depicting a lady and child standing at the door of a retreat conversing with two scholars, beneath a pine tree and wutong , with a further scholar and attendant standing with a crane and dog beneath bamboo and beside a sampan being loaded with objects, in a rustic river landscape beneath steep cliffs and swirling clouds, the trunk and branches of one pine tree extending into the interior of the cup, opposite a branch of wutong issuing from the side of a cliff, signed to one side Bao Tiancheng, the horn of a dark honey tone 16.5 cm., 6 1/2 in.
