Carved Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup with Farmer and Buffalo

A carved full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup, 19th century,…
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A carved full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup, 19th century, (2), the full length of the horn intricately carved with a farmer walking in front of his companion riding on a buffalo, beside gnarled pine, fruiting gourd and flowering prunus trees rising from the tip in pierced relief and interspersed with lingzhi fungus, the horn of pale caramel tone shading to brown at the tip, fitted wood stand, (2), 33 cm long

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