清十七至十八世紀 犀角雕螭龍靈芝紋盃

the flared sides carved in relief on the exterior with a two long-horned chilong, each with a sinuous body terminating in a bifurcated tail, clambering amongst leafy bamboo and stems issuing lingzhi forming the base, the handle modelled as intertwined bamboo and a stem issuing further clusters of lingzhi around the rim, the interior skilfully rendered with angled contours to suggest a lingzhi, the horn of a honey-brown tone

The cup is in overall good condition. Sections of the rim and base have possibly lightly polished to conceal earlier bruises/nicks, with an associated small stabilised lower tip of the 'bamboo' handle. There are also expected minute flakes to the edges of the carving and typical age cracks as consistent with age, especially to the interior.
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