Petite coupe libatoire en corne de rhinocéros Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIE-XVIIIE siècle

sculptée en relief de branchages, feuilles et citrons digités se continuant à l'intérieur de la coupe et formant l'anse, la coupe d'une jolie teinte miel

One chip and crack to the extremity of a branch near the rim ; one hole with associated crack to the rim and another small crack to the rim ; a small hole to the horn on the right side near the foot of the cup.
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For a libation cup with citrus design see Thomas Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, p. 170, fig. 120.