AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY Carved around the sides with a scene of a scholar sitting on a rock with his hand held against his ear listening to the sounds of nature, his attendant walking away holding a qin under his arm, all in a rocky landscape surrounded by ancient trees, the undercut trunk of a pine tree forming the handle, the sides carved with a poetic couplet reading zuo shi dui hua chun zi zu, he xu xian shang mi jia yin 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, stand
AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN CUP 17TH/18TH CENTURY Carved around the sides with a scene of a scholar sitting on a rock with his hand held against his ear listening to the sounds of nature, his attendant walking away holding a qin under his arm, all in a rocky landscape surrounded by ancient trees, the undercut trunk of a pine tree forming the handle, the sides carved with a poetic couplet reading zuo shi dui hua chun zi zu, he xu xian shang mi jia yin 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high, stand
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