Lot Essay
This type of rhinoceros libation cup in shape of archaistic beaker vase is very unusual. For a comparable example see another cup with a more classical handle in the Gerard Lévy Collection, illustrated in Jan Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London 1999, p.151, pl.182 ; see also a vase without handle illustrated p.152, pl.183.
Although the carving of the handle on the current example is very unusual and refine, it can be related to another cup illustrated in Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong 1999, pl.13
Although the carving of the handle on the current example is very unusual and refine, it can be related to another cup illustrated in Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong 1999, pl.13