AN EXQUISITELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC 'CHILONG' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The generously sized cup with an elegantly proportioned tapering body raised on a splayed foot, carved around the mid-section with a band of stylised phoenix and dragons in shallow relief, one end with five sinuous chilong clambering up the S-shaped handle and peering over the rim, the front with two further chilong, the interior rim with a key-fret band above a conforming stepped well, the underside of the interior foot carved with two characters, Shuli, denoting the name of the carver or the collector, the material of a dark amber tone
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide, wood stand, box
AN EXQUISITELY CARVED ARCHAISTIC 'CHILONG' RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
MING DYNASTY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The generously sized cup with an elegantly proportioned tapering body raised on a splayed foot, carved around the mid-section with a band of stylised phoenix and dragons in shallow relief, one end with five sinuous chilong clambering up the S-shaped handle and peering over the rim, the front with two further chilong, the interior rim with a key-fret band above a conforming stepped well, the underside of the interior foot carved with two characters, Shuli, denoting the name of the carver or the collector, the material of a dark amber tone
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide, wood stand, box
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