17TH/18TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The exterior carved with a diaper band overlaid below the broad, pinched spout with two chilong and by the angular bifurcated tail of the dragon-form handle
6 3/16 in. (15.8 cm.) long
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The exterior carved with a diaper band overlaid below the broad, pinched spout with two chilong and by the angular bifurcated tail of the dragon-form handle
6 3/16 in. (15.8 cm.) long
Provenance
Estate of Nils Nessim, Stockholm, Sweden; Butterfields, San Francisco, 13 June 1990, lot 1645.
Special notice
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