Lot Essay
Compare the current cup to another one with almost identical taotie masks and similarly curved handle, illustrated in J. Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Christie's London 1999, p.153, pl.185. For a very close double handle with chimeras, see a rhinoceros horn gu vase, also illustrated in J. Chapman, Op. Cit., pp.158-159, pl.194.