Lot description
A RHINOCEROS HORN LIBATION CUP WITH HAWKS QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY the maroon coloured conical horn carved as a pine tree trunk with two high-relief birds on the back of the horn, one hawk standing on a pine branch, the second bird depicted in flight with wings outstretched and feet drawn towards the body set at the rim, the gnarled pine branches wrapped around the trunk and extending over the rim onto the interior, the surface further lightly carved with patches of pine bark width 16 cm., 6 1/4 in.
