A FINELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH CENTURY Of flared quatrefoil form rising from a tall slightly splayed foot encircled with a key-fret band, well-carved to the mid-section of each side with stylised monster masks, detailed with curled horns and reserved on a leiwen ground, between bands of confronting stylised mythical beasts and key-fret borders encircling the mouth and foot rims, interrupted on one side with several clambering chilong with bifurcated tails and sharp claws, the openwork handle formed by further sinuous chilong , with three crawling up and peering over the rim into the interior above a further chilong in low relief, the horn of a dark reddish-brown tone 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
A FINELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH CENTURY Of flared quatrefoil form rising from a tall slightly splayed foot encircled with a key-fret band, well-carved to the mid-section of each side with stylised monster masks, detailed with curled horns and reserved on a leiwen ground, between bands of confronting stylised mythical beasts and key-fret borders encircling the mouth and foot rims, interrupted on one side with several clambering chilong with bifurcated tails and sharp claws, the openwork handle formed by further sinuous chilong , with three crawling up and peering over the rim into the interior above a further chilong in low relief, the horn of a dark reddish-brown tone 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
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