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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A SMALL ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form and raised on a tall foot of conforming shape, carved around the exterior with alternating panels of taotie masks and archaistic stylized birds reserved on a key-fret ground and interrupted by a notched flange at one end, with two small chilong clambering along the rim, and a larger chilong forming the handle as it peers into the interior, while its young climbs along its side
4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) long
101g
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form and raised on a tall foot of conforming shape, carved around the exterior with alternating panels of taotie masks and archaistic stylized birds reserved on a key-fret ground and interrupted by a notched flange at one end, with two small chilong clambering along the rim, and a larger chilong forming the handle as it peers into the interior, while its young climbs along its side
4 7/16 in. (11.3 cm.) long
101g
Provenance
Acquired in the 1920s or earlier by Fritz Gutmann, and presented to Bernard Gutmann in the early 1930s.
Gifted to Simon Goodman in 1970.
Gifted to Simon Goodman in 1970.
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