The richly grained honey-toned horn naturalistically carved as a gnarled tree trunk with irregular knots, the handles formed as branches issuing leaves and finger-citrons around the exterior, the interior carved with a sinuous chilong clasping in its mouth a sprig with a finger-citron

Provenance:  Hugh M.Moss Ltd. (Label)
An important European private collection

Note: Compare a related rhinoceros horn libation cup with chilong and flowers, 17th/18th century, which was sold in these rooms, 13 May 2010, lot 456.

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