Lot Essay
The theme depicted in this carving was popular during the late Ming and early Qing period and is more usually seen in contemporary rhinoceros horn carvings, such as the example included in the exhibition, Treasures from the Shanghai Museum, 6,000 Years of Chinese Art, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, May - September 1983, Catalogue, no. 21 and the one from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, sold in these rooms, 1 December 1994, lot 17.