A RARE WELL-CARVED LOTUS-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP ZHAI MARK TO BASE, MING DYNASTY Of lotus shape, the sides carved with eight flaring bi-lobed petals rising from a pedestal foot of conforming outline, one side carved with an intricate handle formed by scrolling and delicately carved intertwined branches and leaves centered by a coiling chilong clambering to the lip of the cup, its chin resting on the edge and the beard trailing to the interior, the center of the cup unusually carved in high relief with a circular lotus pod with seven seeds surrounded by eight upright lotus petals, the foot interior also unusually carved to mirror the rim and centered by the intaglio mark, zhai 5 1/8in. (13cm.) across
A RARE WELL-CARVED LOTUS-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP ZHAI MARK TO BASE, MING DYNASTY Of lotus shape, the sides carved with eight flaring bi-lobed petals rising from a pedestal foot of conforming outline, one side carved with an intricate handle formed by scrolling and delicately carved intertwined branches and leaves centered by a coiling chilong clambering to the lip of the cup, its chin resting on the edge and the beard trailing to the interior, the center of the cup unusually carved in high relief with a circular lotus pod with seven seeds surrounded by eight upright lotus petals, the foot interior also unusually carved to mirror the rim and centered by the intaglio mark, zhai 5 1/8in. (13cm.) across
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