**A SMALL PLAIN RHINOCEROS HORN CUP

MING DYNASTY

细节

**A SMALL PLAIN RHINOCEROS HORN CUP
Ming Dynasty
The cup following the natural lines of the horn, of amber color on the exterior and interior at the spreading rim and shading to dark brown on the lower body
3in. (8.8cm.) long

拍品专文

A plain, small tapering cup of this type of light honey color in the Chester Beatty Collection is referred to as of Tang type and illustrated by Jan Chapman, "The Chester Beatty Collection of Chinese Carved Rhinoceros Horn Cups", Arts of Asia, May-June 1982, pp. 73-83, no. 2-2a

Compare the example from The Arthur M. Sackler Collections, sold in these rooms, December 1, 1994, lot 12