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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  06 Apr 2016 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  38
• Lot Description:
  A rhinoceros horn 'lotus leaf' libation cup Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century
  carved in the form of a widely flared lotus leaf with characteristic veining finely delineated on the interior and exterior extending to the frilled rim, and issuing from a tuber with two lotus entwined stems with millet and reeds forming the openwork foot, and rising up the sides in pierced relief to form the handle, one stem bearing an open lotus bloom, the other a further leaf, and with a fish swimming among water weeds and a crab carved in relief on the sides below the broad spout, a praying mantis climbing towards the rim on the interior, the horn of rich amber tone
  17 cm wide
• Estimate:
  A$50,000 - 70,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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