Lot 658. A large rhinoceros horn 'Chilong and Pine Tree' libation cup, Qing Dynasty, 17th-18th century; 16.5 cm., 6 1/2 in. Estimate 600,000 — 800,000 HKD. Lot sold 1,840,000 HKD  (237,323 USD). Photo Sotheby's

naturalistically carved in openwork to resemble a section of a tree trunk covered with lenticels, the exterior well figured and wreathed in high-relief by knotty branches issuing thin twigs and bearing clusters of pine needles, two of them growing upwards and forming the handle, a large chilong clambering sinuously in front of the cup while another smaller chilong crouches on the interior rim, the smoothly patinated horn of deep caramel-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