18TH CENTURY
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**AN ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18th Century
The sides carved in thread relief with dragons on a leiwen band set above a row of detached ruyi heads carved in high relief at one end with a large dragon crawling to the rim from beneath a strap handle and with a smaller dragon at the rim on the other side of the handle, the exterior of the rim with a band of fretwork scrolls and the pedestal foot encircled by a band of petal lappets, of dark reddish-brown color
6¼in. (15.9cm.) long
18th Century
The sides carved in thread relief with dragons on a leiwen band set above a row of detached ruyi heads carved in high relief at one end with a large dragon crawling to the rim from beneath a strap handle and with a smaller dragon at the rim on the other side of the handle, the exterior of the rim with a band of fretwork scrolls and the pedestal foot encircled by a band of petal lappets, of dark reddish-brown color
6¼in. (15.9cm.) long