18TH CENTURY
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**A WELL-CARVED LOTUS-FORM RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18th Century
Finely carved as a large lotus blossom with a lotus pod in the bottom of the interior and raised on an openwork handle of intertwined, blossoming stems, the semi-translucent areas of rich honey tone, the denser areas of dark brown color, a two-character seal incised within a circle on the base of one stem identifying the maker, Fu-gong
6in. (17.1cm.) high
18th Century
Finely carved as a large lotus blossom with a lotus pod in the bottom of the interior and raised on an openwork handle of intertwined, blossoming stems, the semi-translucent areas of rich honey tone, the denser areas of dark brown color, a two-character seal incised within a circle on the base of one stem identifying the maker, Fu-gong
6in. (17.1cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Harold James Plenderleith, Keeper of the Laboratory (presently the Department of Scientific Research), British Museum, 1938-1959