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5 ? in. (14.1 cm.) high, cloth box
Libation cups were popular during the late Ming to early Qing period, and this form predominantly appeared in rhinoceros horn. However, as discussed by J. Chapman in The Art of Rhinoceros Carving in China, London, 1999, pp. 250-264, the form was used as a basis for works of art in a number of other materials including ceramics, hard stones, silver, wood and bamboo. The bamboo examples are those that are most accurately able to represent the texture and patina of the original rhinoceros horn examples with the grain closely resembling the fibers of the horn, as can be seen on the present example. For a related rhinoceros horn cup, compare the example from the Mary and George Bloch Collection illustrated by T. Fok, Connoisseurship of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 88, no. 41.