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24 juillet 2017

Hu Xingyue, Cup, carved rhinoceros horn, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1650-1700

Hu Xingyue, Cup, carved rhinoceros horn, China, Qing dynasty, ca

Hu Xingyue, Cup, carved rhinoceros horn, China, Qing dynasty, ca. 1650-1700. H. 3 5/8 in. (9 cm), D. 5 1/2 in. (13.7 cm). Bequeathed by W.H. Cope, Esq., 782-1903. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2017.

Rhinoceros horn cup, carved with archaistic dragons within shaped panels around the body, round the outside of the lip and bottom of the foot lightly incised with narrow bands of fret- pattern, two chilongs crawling over the strap handle and a smaller one inside the lip, inside the foot marked with a seal in raised archaic characters. Seal mark in archaic script reading 'Hu Xing yue' at the base of the cup, name of the maker.

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