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A rare rhinoceros horn chalice, late 19th century the squat…
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Sydney
Date:
27-Oct-2015
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Description:
A rare rhinoceros horn chalice, late 19th century the squat globular bowl waisted below the broad everted rim, carved in relief on the exterior with a phoenix in a frieze of peony and other flowering plants between bands of stiff leaves, and a further band of petals around the wide mouth, supported on three splayed scroll feet above a cylindrical pedestal base, finely engraved around the sides with peonies and bamboo between carved bands of overlapping petals, 22 cm high, 13 cm wide. Provenance, Sotheby's Belgravia, 14 July 1977, lot 56, The Zorich Collection, Adelaide, thence by descent, Show Catalogue Notes, Catalogue Notes, Compare with a chalice of flared form, sold Christie's South Kensington, 22 November 2011, lot 7
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Category:
Oriental: Zother