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A RARE CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
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A RARE CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP

17TH CENTURY

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A RARE CARVED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH CENTURY
Finely carved inside and out as a lotus leaf rising from a base of churning waves in which seven sinuous chilong weave in and out with two larger openwork chilong forming the handle and one in the interior, the material of deep honey tone
7 1/8 in. (18.2 cm) long
來源
Acquired in Philadelphia in the early 1930s, and thence by descent within the family.
注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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A similar cup also fashioned as a lotus leaf with nine chilong is illustrated by T. Fok in Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 50, no. 3.