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A Chinese full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup Qing dynasty, 19th century Intricately carved...
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A Chinese full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup
Qing dynasty, 19th century
Intricately carved...
Price Realised: Unsold Lot
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
Price realised is hammer price plus fees (31.2% Buyers Premium inclusive of VAT).
Lot 30
Description
A Chinese full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup
Qing dynasty, 19th century
Intricately carved with lotus pods and flowers, millet, and narcissus, the cup carved as a lotus leaf, on fitted carved hardwood stand carved as a gnarled trunk issuing fruiting branches, the horn 47cm high, 68cm high including stand.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
For a closely related example, see T Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p.248, no.186.
清十九世紀 犀角盃連木座
來源:菲利普·艾倫收藏
Note: Please note that an export licence will only be granted for rhinoceros horn pieces, should the hammer price meet or exceed the value of 100 USD per gram of the item’s weight.
Fees & VAT
Buyer's Premium
The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.
VAT
VAT is not charged on the hammer price unless it is stated that there is 'VAT applicable on the hammer price at the end of the description. Buyer's premium is subject to VAT.(ARR) - ARTIST'S RESALE RIGHT
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ARR is capped at £12,500
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