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17TH CENTURY
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**A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17th century
Carved on the interior with stepped ridges forming the outline of a lingzhi head and on the exterior with two chilong balanced atop bamboo and further lingzhi which form the openwork base, with a large cane of bamboo and a lingzhi sprig forming the handle at one end, of deep honey color
6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) long
17th century
Carved on the interior with stepped ridges forming the outline of a lingzhi head and on the exterior with two chilong balanced atop bamboo and further lingzhi which form the openwork base, with a large cane of bamboo and a lingzhi sprig forming the handle at one end, of deep honey color
6 5/8in. (16.8cm.) long
Provenance
Desmond Gure Collection.
Christie's, New York, 1 December 1994, lot 21, Important Chinese Works of Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
Christie's, New York, 1 December 1994, lot 21, Important Chinese Works of Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections.
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