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A Chinese rhinoceros horn libation cup
with double-inverted spout and double coiled guei dragon handle, one with the head perched on the rim, the exterior body carved with a band of stylised taotie on a key-fret ground, the rims with further similar bands, of even reddish-brown tone -- 5.in (14.5cm) wide, 17th/18th Century, (later replaced foot).
See Colour Plate 52.
with double-inverted spout and double coiled guei dragon handle, one with the head perched on the rim, the exterior body carved with a band of stylised taotie on a key-fret ground, the rims with further similar bands, of even reddish-brown tone -- 5.in (14.5cm) wide, 17th/18th Century, (later replaced foot).
See Colour Plate 52.