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A Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cup
carved to the exterior with figures in two boats and a bridge among waves and below pine in a rocky landscape below incised lines of calligraphy to the rockwork, the reverse with a poem carved in relief, the pine branches forming the handle, the interior carved with a coiled guei dragon -- 5¼.in (13.3cm) wide, 17th century, sealmarks, (small chips to rim).
See Colour Plate 57.
carved to the exterior with figures in two boats and a bridge among waves and below pine in a rocky landscape below incised lines of calligraphy to the rockwork, the reverse with a poem carved in relief, the pine branches forming the handle, the interior carved with a coiled guei dragon -- 5¼.in (13.3cm) wide, 17th century, sealmarks, (small chips to rim).
See Colour Plate 57.