17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A VERY RARE RHINOCEROS HORN 'BUFFALO HEAD' RHYTON
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The vessel with thick walls, the exterior finely and naturalistically carved in the form of a buffalo's head with short horns and pierced nostrils, the horn of a warm honey tone
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar 'buffalo head' rhyton from the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, The Avery Brundage Collection (868M19) illustrated by Jan Chapman in The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, no 45 p. 77. See also another very similar rhyton from the Arnhold Collection, São Paulo, Brazil, ibid., no. 46, p. 77.

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