A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Of fluted floral form, carved around the exterior with a band of taotie masks on a keyfret-ground, one side elaborately carved in openwork with a large chi dragon clambering over the rim to form the handle, detailed with a smaller ascending and another descending chi dragon 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) wide
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY Of fluted floral form, carved around the exterior with a band of taotie masks on a keyfret-ground, one side elaborately carved in openwork with a large chi dragon clambering over the rim to form the handle, detailed with a smaller ascending and another descending chi dragon 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) wide
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