COUPE LIBATOIRE EN CORNE DE RHINOCEROS sculptée CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIE SIECLE

en forme de feuille de lotus aux bords ondulés, sculptée de trois chilong, deux se hissant à l'intérieur de la coupe, dont l'un formant l'anse, l'intérieur nervuré, le pied sculpté de flots tumultueux, la corne d'une belle teinte caramel ambré ; petit manque à la corne d'un chilong   

Good condition. There is a small old wax filling behind the shoulder of the chilong climbing onto the side of the cup and on the top of his head (shown in the catalogue illustration), a couple of small fillings at the rear of the neck of the main chilong forming the handle. The actual colour is slightly warmer and of a more rich caramel tone than the illustration would suggest in the catalogue.
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