A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 18TH CENTURY Sensitively carved around the sides with two scholars in a wooded river retreat, one standing near the bank of the river with hands clasped behind his back as he peers up at a crane in a pine tree and its mate in flight in the clouds at the rim, while the other scholar peers out of the window of a pavilion nestled amidst the trees on the other side, at one end the trunks of a pine and wutung tree form the openwork handle and their branches continue up to and over the rim where clouds are carved on the interior, the horn of deep honey color 6¾ in. (16.5 cm.) long, box
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 18TH CENTURY Sensitively carved around the sides with two scholars in a wooded river retreat, one standing near the bank of the river with hands clasped behind his back as he peers up at a crane in a pine tree and its mate in flight in the clouds at the rim, while the other scholar peers out of the window of a pavilion nestled amidst the trees on the other side, at one end the trunks of a pine and wutung tree form the openwork handle and their branches continue up to and over the rim where clouds are carved on the interior, the horn of deep honey color 6¾ in. (16.5 cm.) long, box
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