细节
A RARE SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN PHOENIX-FORM LIBATION CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a phoenix with its arched neck lowered to form the handle at one end, grasping a beribboned scroll in its beak, delicately carved in shallow relief inside and out with layers of overlapping feathers and curled plumes flanking the neck, its tail issuing from the interior and continuing onto the flat foot, the horn of reddish-brown tone lightening to honey at the rim, minor nicks--2 3/4in. (7cm.) across, wood box
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Finely carved as a phoenix with its arched neck lowered to form the handle at one end, grasping a beribboned scroll in its beak, delicately carved in shallow relief inside and out with layers of overlapping feathers and curled plumes flanking the neck, its tail issuing from the interior and continuing onto the flat foot, the horn of reddish-brown tone lightening to honey at the rim, minor nicks--2 3/4in. (7cm.) across, wood box