111 - [PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS] CHINESE CHENXIANGMU 'LONGEVITY' LIBATION CUP

[PRIVATE COLLECTION OF SCHOLAR'S OBJECTS] CHINESE CHENXIANGMU 'LONGEVITY' LIBATION CUP QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY 清 沉香木雕松下壽老角杯of tapered form carved to the exterior with the God of Longevity seated underneath a pine tree, reverse further with another gnarled pine tree, base with swirls 4.7cm high Private collection, London倫敦私人收藏 Libation cups carved from chenxiangmu generally resemble rhinoceros horn cups in appearance, compare with a related late Ming dynasty chenxiangmu carved 'landscape' brush pot inscribed by Jiangchunbo in the Beijing Palace Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Bamboo, Wood Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, Hong Kong, 2002, p.21, no.20. Further compare to other chenxiangmu cups: a pair of larger 'Drunken Eight Immortals' cups (8.8cm high), dated to 18th century, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 22 April 2021, lot 3659; one larger (8.6cm high) cup similarly carved with ‘Eight Immortals’, dated to 17th/18th century, sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 144; another cup of similar size (5.5cm high), sold at Bonhams London, 5 November 2024, lot 400.