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17TH CENTURY
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AN ARCHAISTIC RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
17TH CENTURY
Raised on a tall foot and carved around the exterior with a taotie band interrupted by notched flanges and reserved on a leiwen ground, the openwork handle formed by three chilong clambering up one end towards the rim where the largest peers into the interior as it bites the rim which is carved with a continuous band of key fret
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long, box
17TH CENTURY
Raised on a tall foot and carved around the exterior with a taotie band interrupted by notched flanges and reserved on a leiwen ground, the openwork handle formed by three chilong clambering up one end towards the rim where the largest peers into the interior as it bites the rim which is carved with a continuous band of key fret
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) long, box
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s.
Special notice
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