The dark chocolate-toned horn carved with a stylised chilong biting the rim of the cup, the writhing body forming the handle, the cup carved as an archaistic bronze vessel with a taotie mask band, the upper register with a band of incised upturned plantain leaves interspersed with C-scrolls.

Provenance:  An important European private collection

Note: Compare with a similar small archaistic rhinoceros horn libation cup, gu, 17th/18th century, which was sold in these rooms, 11 November 2010, lot 471.

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