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18TH CENTURY
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A RHINOCEROS HORN MAGNOLIA-FORM CUP
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large magnolia blossom borne on a branch that forms the openwork base and rises up the sides where it bears further blossoms and buds and forms the openwork handle at one end, with a single stamen carved in high relief in the center of the interior below the overlapping petals
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) across, wood stand
282.1g
18TH CENTURY
Well carved as a large magnolia blossom borne on a branch that forms the openwork base and rises up the sides where it bears further blossoms and buds and forms the openwork handle at one end, with a single stamen carved in high relief in the center of the interior below the overlapping petals
7¾ in. (19.6 cm.) across, wood stand
282.1g
Provenance
From the collection of Ethel Gunton Douglas, acquired in the 1920s-30s.
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