**A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

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**A WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The exterior carved allover with a multitude of crawling and slithering chilong, some carved as if piercing the membrane of the body itself both on the exterior and interior, with a single large dragon peering over the rim at one end, of deep, reddish-honey color, some restoration and chips
6in. (15.2cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the rhinoceros horn cup similarly carved with numerous dragons and signed, Ze Sun Yong Bao, included in the Chinese Government Exhibits for the International Exhibition of Chinese Art in London, 1935, Catalogue, p. 61, no. 59