Lot 55
  • 55

coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros sculptée Chine, Dynastie Qing, XVIIE siècle

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Rhinocerous horn
le pourtour sculpté de branchages feuillagés ajourés se continuant sous la coupe formant le pied ; restaurations et petites fentes

Condition

Several areas of restoration (some visible on the catalogue illustration) ; an expected crack in the lower part to the stem ; several age cracks to the rim.
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