A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ‘RHINOCEROS HORN’ LIBATION CUP
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE ‘RHINOCEROS HORN’ LIBATION CUP
KANGXI 1662-1722
The exterior moulded in relief with an equestrian figure beneath a parasol held by his attendant, the reverse with a tiger sitting and looking up at a dragon emerging from rocks, raised on an octagonal foot, the high wood stand elaborately carved with pine, lingzhi, flowerheads and pierced rocks, 15cm. (2)
Provenance: Field Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916), and thence by descent through the family. This cup and stand are recorded in the Christie, Manson & Woods inventory at Broome Park, in December 1916 on page 11, no.561.
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來源:霍雷肖•赫伯特•基奇納元帥(1850-1916),之後由其後人繼承。據佳士得Manson & Woods出版的, Broome Park庫存手冊中記載,1916年12月,頁11, 編號561。