Lot 659. A rhinoceros horn 'Clambering Chilong' archaistic libation cup, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century; 15.2 cm., 6 in. Estimate 700,000 — 900,000 HKD.Lot sold 875,000 HKD (112,858 USD). Photo Sotheby's

carved in the form of an archaic bronze ewer yi, with a pedestal foot rising up to wide flaring sides and a channelled spout set opposite a loop handle, decorated around the exterior with a low-relief frieze of taotie mask against a finely carved leiwen ground, one side further decorated in openwork with a chilong clambering on the handle and resting its head on the rim, four further chilong clambering by its sides and two further chilong flanking the handle below, all between a key-fret band encircling the rim and the foot, the horn of a warm reddish-brown colour, wood stand

Sotheby's. Playthings From The Collection of Edward T. Chow Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, Collections Chinese Art Through the Eye of Sakamoto Gor - Asian Lacquer, Hong Kong, 27 may 2014