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Carved libation cup

Lost Art-ID

586265

Artist

Unknown (Chinesisch)

Title

Carved libation cup

Object type

Vessel

Group of reported objects

Crafts and other folk arts

Material / Technique

Horn (Rhinocerus)

Height

16.00 cm

Length

10.00 cm

Description

made of rhinoceros horn in the shape of an old bronze vessel, with dragon handle, inside a small, rising dragon. On carved wooden base. China. Kien-Lung.

Provenance

Art dealer R. Wagner, Berlin (owner Walter Elkan);

auction Lepke, Berlin 05/08-09/1934 [auction did not take place], lot 158;

[...] - Nazi persecution is suspected; whereabouts unknown

Literature / Source

Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus: Ostasiatische Kunst der Firma R. Wagner, Berlin: Antiquitäten, Mobiliar, Keramik, Metallarbeiten des 18. bis 19. Jahrhunderts - darunter viel arabisch-persische Kunst aus dem Besitz eines ausländischen Diplomaten. Auktion vom 08.-09.05.1934. Berlin 1934. [Auktion fand nicht statt]

Published since

11.03.2020

Contact

von Trott zu Solz Lammek

Phone

+49 (0) 30 59 00 33 0-0

kanzlei@vontrott-lammek.de