Lot Essay
Compare the current rhinoceros horn libation cup with lotus motif to other examples, dated 17th century, illustrated in T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong 1999, pp.134-135, pls.85 and 86 and p.167, pl.117 ; see also J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London 1999, p.171, pl.218