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18TH CENTURY
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A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
18TH CENTURY
Carved as an open camellia bloom, surrounded on the exterior with a fruiting grape vine, the handle carved as a chilong climbing up a grape vine and grasping the edges of the blossom, the interior carved with a spider resting on one of the petals, the horn of a rich dark brown tone
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
18TH CENTURY
Carved as an open camellia bloom, surrounded on the exterior with a fruiting grape vine, the handle carved as a chilong climbing up a grape vine and grasping the edges of the blossom, the interior carved with a spider resting on one of the petals, the horn of a rich dark brown tone
7½ in. (19 cm.) wide
Provenance
From the Estate of Sir Thomas Brodie, Public Trustee for Scotland, Edinburgh.
Idvies, Forfar, Circa 1880.
Idvies, Forfar, Circa 1880.
Special notice
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