Dehua Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup
A Dehua libation cup of rhinoceros horn form covered in an
ivory toned glaze. The cup applied with a dragon reaching down from rocks
to a cat-like beast under a prunus tree. The reverse side decorated with a
deer and crane and a flowering prunus branch. The cup sits on a carved
wooden stand simulating intertwined twisted branches. Circa 1700. |
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