A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP , 17TH/18TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 6213

Chinese

London

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16 November 1999

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Lot 81

A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Price realised

GBP 4,025

Estimate

GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century
Carved around the exterior with a band of archaistic scrolling motifs in low relief, below a narrow key-pattern band at the rim, a sinuous one-horned mythical beast clutching at the rim, some wear to rim
3 in. (9.5 cm.) wide
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