Chinese Carved Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup
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A Small Chinese Carved Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup, 18th c., carved with two kui dragons clambering over the lip on either side of the flat loop handle, the sides with taotie masks on a squared spiral ground, height 2 1/2 in., width 3 in., depth 2 1/4 in Provenance: George W. Headley III, Lexington, KY, c. 1970; the Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY (Acc. No. 81.9.2.3).
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Chinese Carved Rhinoceros Horn Libation Cup
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