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17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
In the form of an open blossom carved in high relief around the sides with pairs of birds shown amidst rocks, including a pair of phoenixes on one side and a pair of cranes on the reverse, one in flight above the other and the tips of their beaks touching, with bamboo and a prunus branch rising from behind the rocks at one end to flank a pair of small birds, while another pair of birds perches in the two fruiting peach trees that form the handle at the opposite end, the horn of rich honey color
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) long, stand
17TH/18TH CENTURY
In the form of an open blossom carved in high relief around the sides with pairs of birds shown amidst rocks, including a pair of phoenixes on one side and a pair of cranes on the reverse, one in flight above the other and the tips of their beaks touching, with bamboo and a prunus branch rising from behind the rocks at one end to flank a pair of small birds, while another pair of birds perches in the two fruiting peach trees that form the handle at the opposite end, the horn of rich honey color
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) long, stand
Provenance
Acquired in New York City in the early 20th century.
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