AN UNUSUAL SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN TRIPOD VESSEL, DING 18TH CENTURY OR LATER The shallow bowl-shaped body carved in low-relief with an archaistic band resembling taotie divided by three flanges carved with the characters tian, tu and shui (heaven, earth and water) below two simple handles rising from the rim cut with key pattern, with a seal mark, Yuan Jun Ming , carved on the underside of the bowl between the tops of the three long, slender, splayed legs headed with animal masks 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN TRIPOD VESSEL, DING 18TH CENTURY OR LATER The shallow bowl-shaped body carved in low-relief with an archaistic band resembling taotie divided by three flanges carved with the characters tian, tu and shui (heaven, earth and water) below two simple handles rising from the rim cut with key pattern, with a seal mark, Yuan Jun Ming , carved on the underside of the bowl between the tops of the three long, slender, splayed legs headed with animal masks 4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high
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