Naturalistically carved as a hollowed fruit borne on gnarled twigs issuing three smaller fruits and two broad leaves curling around the exterior and one further leaf to form the base, the horn of lustrous dark-caramel tone.

Provenance:  An important European private collection

Note: Compare with a related rhinoceros horn libation cup shaped as a half-peach, illustrated by J.Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p.174, no.227.

A related rhinoceros horn 'peach' libation cup, 17th century, was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 November 2011, lot 3035.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE ART, 11 May 2017, 11:00 BST, LONDON, NEW BOND STREET