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19TH CENTURY
Details
A LARGE FULL-TIP RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
19TH CENTURY
The large, deep cup with ruffled edge raised on a long tapering stem encased within the intricate openwork carving of the remainder of the horn, which depicts scholars and their attendants, one beckoning a buddhistic lion, and birds in flight amidst grape vines and pine boughs, the horn of honey color
21 13/16 in. (55.3 cm.) high, wood stand
19TH CENTURY
The large, deep cup with ruffled edge raised on a long tapering stem encased within the intricate openwork carving of the remainder of the horn, which depicts scholars and their attendants, one beckoning a buddhistic lion, and birds in flight amidst grape vines and pine boughs, the horn of honey color
21 13/16 in. (55.3 cm.) high, wood stand
Provenance
Acquired in the mid-late 1960s and thence by descent within the family.
Exhibited
Cincinnati Art Museum, early 1970s.
Special notice
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