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RAWSON (JESSICA) Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, 1st ed, dustwr, 1995--SNOWMAN (A. KENNETH) Eighteenth Century Gold Boxes of Europe, dustwr, 4to, Antique Collectors' Club, 1990; The Art of Carl Faberge, 1st ed, orig. cl., 4to, 1953--MEEN (V.B.) & TUSHINGHAM (A.D.) Crown Jewels of Iran, 1st ed, dustwr, folio, Toronto, 1968--RUDOE (JUDY) Cartier 1900-1939, 1st ed, dustwr, 1997--and 4 others (9) LOCATION D
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A Chinese rhino horn libation cup, the horn of deep toffee tone, paler to the exterior and finely carved with nine Qilong dragons crawling in and out of a lotus flower resting on a swirl of waves, 9.5cm high, 15cm wide, 17th century, probably Kangxi Provenance: Private Collection, early 20th century, and thence by descent A similar, but smaller, libation cup was sold at Sothebys, New York, 30th March 2006, lot 132 A closely related cup with similar carved decoration is illustrated in Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 3, where the author notes that Òthe decorative style is reminiscent of the jade waterpots of the Southern Song periodÓ See also Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, for a discussion as to the dating of Rhino horn carving
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A Chinese jade vase of flattened pear shape with two mask and loose ring handles to the neck and one to the front, the pale green stone carved in shallow relief with bands of birds and beasts and a long inscription filled in gilt to the back, 23cm, 19th century, wood stand Provenance: The collection of the late June, Lady Horlick See Keverne (Roger) Jade, p.181, fig. 132 for a Hu of similar design
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