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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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**A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief on one side with blossoming magnolia branches and on the reverse with a lily amidst stalks of lingzhi fungus which also form the handle at one end as well as the openwork foot, the carved decoration beneath the spout incorporating a thin curved projection which is associated with a corresponding ridge on the interior, the horn of golden honey color shading to blackish brown in the bottom
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief on one side with blossoming magnolia branches and on the reverse with a lily amidst stalks of lingzhi fungus which also form the handle at one end as well as the openwork foot, the carved decoration beneath the spout incorporating a thin curved projection which is associated with a corresponding ridge on the interior, the horn of golden honey color shading to blackish brown in the bottom
5¾ in. (14.6 cm.) long
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