A SMALL ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form and raised on a tall foot of conforming shape, carved around the exterior with alternating panels of taotie masks and archaistic stylized birds reserved on a key-fret ground and interrupted by a notched flange at one end, with two small chilong clambering along the rim, and a larger chilong forming the handle as it peers into the interior, while its young climbs along its side
4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) long
101g
A SMALL ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form and raised on a tall foot of conforming shape, carved around the exterior with alternating panels of taotie masks and archaistic stylized birds reserved on a key-fret ground and interrupted by a notched flange at one end, with two small chilong clambering along the rim, and a larger chilong forming the handle as it peers into the interior, while its young climbs along its side
4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) long
101g
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