Lot Essay
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
**A LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION VESSEL
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**A LARGE WELL-CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION VESSEL
18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief around the sides with figures at various pursuits in a mountainous river landscape, including two peasants walking on a path and three figures in boats, with various trees and leafy branches issuing from the rocky cliffs and a large gnarled pine tree at one end which forms the handle, of deep reddish-brown color
6 5/8in. (16.7cm.) across
18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief around the sides with figures at various pursuits in a mountainous river landscape, including two peasants walking on a path and three figures in boats, with various trees and leafy branches issuing from the rocky cliffs and a large gnarled pine tree at one end which forms the handle, of deep reddish-brown color
6 5/8in. (16.7cm.) across