A Chinese rhinoceros cup, richly carved with a Daoistic theme: priest on front, side with priest by table holding a scepter, internally with flowering prunus, handle in the form of intertwined twigs. With pierced wooden stand. 17th-18th century. Weight 279 g. H. c. 10 cm. L. c. 16.5 cm.
Provenance: Jens Ibsen-S?rensen, 1883–1956, Head of Office at the Great Northern Telegraph Company in Shanghai from 1906–1936, including activities in Russia and Japan. Decorated with the Knight of Dannebrog Order and a Japanese Imperial Order. In 1920 he married the Danish actress Astrid Kierkegaard, 1892–1987, in Shanghai. During their stay in China, Astrid Ibsen-S?rensen created their collection with help from their good friend Orvar Karlbeck, a Swedish scholar of Chinese art. The family returned to Denmark in 1936, where she arranged exhibitions with up to 1000 items from China and held many lectures about their time in China.
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