Lot Essay
Compare a similar carving and stand illustrated by Crossman, The China Trade, fig. 167, p. 196
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A MASSIVE HONEY-TONED RHINOCEROS HORN VESSEL
19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1840
Of natural form, carved as a lotus vessel at the thick end supported by rockwork and trees including magnolia, pine and sterculia, and carved with various figures, some equestrian, at leisure above waves and fish towards the pointed end - 26 in. (66.4 cm.) long, on an elaborate carved wood stand
19TH CENTURY, CIRCA 1840
Of natural form, carved as a lotus vessel at the thick end supported by rockwork and trees including magnolia, pine and sterculia, and carved with various figures, some equestrian, at leisure above waves and fish towards the pointed end - 26 in. (66.4 cm.) long, on an elaborate carved wood stand