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18TH CENTURY
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A RHINOCEROS HORN MAGNOLIA-FORM CUP
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large magnolia blossom borne on a branch that forms the openwork base and rises up the sides where it bears further blossoms and buds and forms the openwork handle at one end opposite a chilong clambering up towards the rim at the other end, with a single stamen carved in high relief in the center of the interior below the overlapping petals
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, wood stand
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large magnolia blossom borne on a branch that forms the openwork base and rises up the sides where it bears further blossoms and buds and forms the openwork handle at one end opposite a chilong clambering up towards the rim at the other end, with a single stamen carved in high relief in the center of the interior below the overlapping petals
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, wood stand
Provenance
Acquired in the United States prior to 1971, and thence by descent within the family.
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