A WELL-CARVED BUFFALO HORN GROUP OF TWO MUSICIANS

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A WELL-CARVED BUFFALO HORN GROUP OF TWO MUSICIANS
QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER INCISED MARK, 18TH CENTURY

Finely carved as a young man playing a flute as he squats beside an older, bearded man playing clappers, the latter's head inclined towards his instruments as he smiles to the sound of the music, both dressed in loose clothes falling in graceful folds, the translucent horn stained a soft reddish-orange color, the mark incised in a line on the back
5 3/8in. (13.6cm.) high