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AN ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
The sides well carved in thread-relief with taotie masks on a band of leiwen, with a band of cicadas below and a border of detached 'C' and 'S' scrolls above, repeated on the two strap handles at one end where dragons of various type and size frolic, the largest clasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth as it peers over the rim, with a chilong below the rim opposite and a smaller one inside the high foot, small filled-in chip--5¼in. (13.5cm.) across
18TH CENTURY
The sides well carved in thread-relief with taotie masks on a band of leiwen, with a band of cicadas below and a border of detached 'C' and 'S' scrolls above, repeated on the two strap handles at one end where dragons of various type and size frolic, the largest clasping a sprig of lingzhi in its mouth as it peers over the rim, with a chilong below the rim opposite and a smaller one inside the high foot, small filled-in chip--5¼in. (13.5cm.) across