QING DYNASTYThe flared body carved as a large loquat leaf with a spray of fruit to the exterior, 7.7cm, 193g.Provenance: an English private collection, purchased from Sotheby's London, 12th October 1971, lot 150, previously the property of Miss A D Gibb. Cf. J Chapman, The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, pp.172-3 & 184-5 for a similar cup decorated with loquat fruit.