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• Auction House:
  Sotheby's Australia
• Sale Name:
  Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design
• Sale Date:
  06 Apr 2016 ~ 6pm
• Lot #:
  37
• Lot Description:
  A carved rhinoceros horn archaistic 'six chilong' libation cup Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century
  carved with steeply flared sides, the exterior decorated in low relief with a frieze of taotie masks against a finely defined leiwen ground divided by raised vertical flanges, below a key-fret band encircling the mouth on the exterior and interior, and carved in high relief with a pair of chilong with sinuous bodies and bifurcated tails below the broad spout, and a further pair either side of the handle formed by two further chilong in pierced relief, their heads and front legs extending over the rim
  15 cm wide
• Estimate:
  A$50,000 - 70,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Oriental

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