A LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY The sides carved in high relief with scholars at various pursuits in a mountainous landscape setting with a pavilion by the river's edge near the base, with several figures on a bridge, another practicing calligraphy and yet another holding a brush while looking up at the inscription carved on the rock face above while one attendant cleans the rocky surface and another holds an inkstone, all interspersed with various kinds of trees, the interior with a large dragon crawling through the skin of the horn, its head and forequarters emerging at one end, the tail from the other, the horn shading from dark reddish-brown to a deep honey color, some rim chips - 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, wood stand
A LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY The sides carved in high relief with scholars at various pursuits in a mountainous landscape setting with a pavilion by the river's edge near the base, with several figures on a bridge, another practicing calligraphy and yet another holding a brush while looking up at the inscription carved on the rock face above while one attendant cleans the rocky surface and another holds an inkstone, all interspersed with various kinds of trees, the interior with a large dragon crawling through the skin of the horn, its head and forequarters emerging at one end, the tail from the other, the horn shading from dark reddish-brown to a deep honey color, some rim chips - 7 in. (17.8 cm.) long, wood stand
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