AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY in the form of an open flower, the interior naturalistically carved with overlapping petals, the exterior finely executed with a scene of birds in a rocky landscape, including a pair of phoenixes on one side amidst bamboo and blossoming prunus, the reverse further carved with a crane standing atop craggy rockwork with its mate flying above, while a pair of mandarin ducks swim in a nearby pond below a flying wagtail, the handle carved in the form of two tree branches upon which two orioles perch, with two leaves growing over the rim into the interior width 6 in., 15.3 cm
AN UNUSUAL RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH CENTURY in the form of an open flower, the interior naturalistically carved with overlapping petals, the exterior finely executed with a scene of birds in a rocky landscape, including a pair of phoenixes on one side amidst bamboo and blossoming prunus, the reverse further carved with a crane standing atop craggy rockwork with its mate flying above, while a pair of mandarin ducks swim in a nearby pond below a flying wagtail, the handle carved in the form of two tree branches upon which two orioles perch, with two leaves growing over the rim into the interior width 6 in., 15.3 cm
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