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18TH CENTURY
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A FINELY CARVED SIGNED RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
18TH CENTURY
The elegantly proportioned, tapering body carved around the midsection with two bands of archaistic dragon scroll, the interior rim with a key-fret band, one end with six sinuous chilong forming the handle and peering over the rim, the front with another chilong, the interior of the foot carved with a seal reading, Hu Xingyue zhi, the material of a warm walnut tone
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) across
371.3g
18TH CENTURY
The elegantly proportioned, tapering body carved around the midsection with two bands of archaistic dragon scroll, the interior rim with a key-fret band, one end with six sinuous chilong forming the handle and peering over the rim, the front with another chilong, the interior of the foot carved with a seal reading, Hu Xingyue zhi, the material of a warm walnut tone
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) across
371.3g
Provenance
From the collection of Ethel Gunton Douglas, acquired in the 1920s-30s.
Special notice
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