Lot 362. A rhinoceros horn libation cup, 17th-18th century. Length 6 7/8  in., 17.5cm. Estimate 30,000 - 50,000 USD. Lot sold 75,000 USD. ©  Sotheby's

carved around the exterior with a scene of a mountainous riverscape, depicting a figure in a small boat and a dog in front of a pavilion, the foreground carved with pine trees and gnarled trunks forming the handle, the interior carved in high relief with three chilong, the horn a dark reddish brown color bearing a signature under the rim Wenshu Zhi. 

Provenance: Acquired in the early 20th century by American missionaries in China and thence by descent.