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A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as an open magnolia blossom with the overlapping petals forming the bowl of the vessel, decorated around the sides with small flower buds, all supported on a gnarled leafy branch forming the foot and rising to one end intertwined with a large chilong climbing onto the interior to form the handle, minor chips--5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as an open magnolia blossom with the overlapping petals forming the bowl of the vessel, decorated around the sides with small flower buds, all supported on a gnarled leafy branch forming the foot and rising to one end intertwined with a large chilong climbing onto the interior to form the handle, minor chips--5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) long