A RARE CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN ARCHAISTIC LIBATION CUP SIGNED XUAN HE

A RARE CHINESE RHINOCEROS HORN ARCHAISTIC LIBATION CUP SIGNED XUAN HE
17TH/18TH CENTURY

With a flared hexagonal body carved in shallow relief on each side with two large stylised taotie masks beneath a band of square scrolls, the handle carved as an chilong with an exaggerated scrolling mane and bifurcated tail, the straight foot with a second band of square scrolls, the base with a two character mark, 201g, 13.8cm wide.

Please note that an export licence will only be granted for rhinoceros horn pieces, should the hammer price meet or exceed the value of 100 USD per gram of the item’s weight.

Provenance: from a private collection, Yorkshire.

十七/十八世紀 犀角雕螭龍杯
《宣和》款
來源：約克郡私人收藏。