Cup in Shape of Rhinoceros Horn
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This small cup, most likely intended for use on a scholar’s desk, is in the shape of a rhinoceros horn, a material that was widely used at the court and among the literati from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. The cup is decorated with appliquéd designs that include a slumped figure on one side, which may allude to the famous poet Li Bai (701–762), and on the other, a mythical qilin gazing at the moon.
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