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QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A FINELY CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The elongated oval cup carved in deep relief and in openwork around the sides with a continuous scene depicting two figures and a child in a raft travelling on a fast-flowing river towards a fisherman wading in the river with a large basket of fish amidst branches of pine and wutong trees emerging from the cliff-strewn riverbanks, the pierced handle formed by further leafy branches emerging from rocky outcrops continuing over the rim to the interior, the material of a warm deep reddish-brown tone
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) wide, stand
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
The elongated oval cup carved in deep relief and in openwork around the sides with a continuous scene depicting two figures and a child in a raft travelling on a fast-flowing river towards a fisherman wading in the river with a large basket of fish amidst branches of pine and wutong trees emerging from the cliff-strewn riverbanks, the pierced handle formed by further leafy branches emerging from rocky outcrops continuing over the rim to the interior, the material of a warm deep reddish-brown tone
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) wide, stand
Provenance
Acquired in Beijing in the 1930s and thence by descent within the family to the present owner
Special notice
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