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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved as a large leaf with intertwining leafy branches undercut at one end to form the handle and extending into the interior and around the sides, accented with one open blossom and a bud, one leaf extending under the base to form the foot, the reddish-brown interior incised with lines to form veins, of a variegated golden-honey color
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) long
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Carved as a large leaf with intertwining leafy branches undercut at one end to form the handle and extending into the interior and around the sides, accented with one open blossom and a bud, one leaf extending under the base to form the foot, the reddish-brown interior incised with lines to form veins, of a variegated golden-honey color
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Kenyon V. Painter, Cleveland, Ohio and Arusha, Tanzania, c. 1910s-40s.
Sotheby's, New York, 19 March, 2007, lot 382.
Sotheby's, New York, 19 March, 2007, lot 382.
Special notice
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