17TH/18TH CENTURY
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**A LOTUS LEAF RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17th/18th Century
Well carved as a large lotus leaf with incised veins supported on an openwork base formed by two ribbon-tied stems from which rise branching stems of further leaves, a bud and a seed pod, with a heron shown standing on a section of the base and its mate in flight on the side at one end, of rich reddish honey color
6 1/16in. (15.4cm.) long
17th/18th Century
Well carved as a large lotus leaf with incised veins supported on an openwork base formed by two ribbon-tied stems from which rise branching stems of further leaves, a bud and a seed pod, with a heron shown standing on a section of the base and its mate in flight on the side at one end, of rich reddish honey color
6 1/16in. (15.4cm.) long