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17TH CENTURY
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**A SMALL RHINOCEROS HORN LOTUS LEAF-FORM LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
Carved as a lotus leaf with scalloped edge borne on a stem that forms the handle along with the stem of a lotus flower carved on one side and a grass stem with large seed head carved on the reverse, the stems issuing from the underside where they form the base, of deep honey color
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long
17TH CENTURY
Carved as a lotus leaf with scalloped edge borne on a stem that forms the handle along with the stem of a lotus flower carved on one side and a grass stem with large seed head carved on the reverse, the stems issuing from the underside where they form the base, of deep honey color
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Ruth Dreyfus Collection, 1970.
Special notice
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