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17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Raised on a tall foot encircled by a key-fret band and carved in low relief around the exterior with confronted archaistic chilong between C-scrolls and pendent lappets, with four chilong clambering up towards the rim, which is incised with a further key-fret border, and peering over into the interior, the base incised with a seal mark, Xuanhe nian zhi
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam, wood stand
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Raised on a tall foot encircled by a key-fret band and carved in low relief around the exterior with confronted archaistic chilong between C-scrolls and pendent lappets, with four chilong clambering up towards the rim, which is incised with a further key-fret border, and peering over into the interior, the base incised with a seal mark, Xuanhe nian zhi
5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) diam, wood stand
Provenance
Brought to the United States in the early 1930s, and thence by descent within the family to the present owner.
Special notice
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