One carved bamboo and one agate libation cup


Late Qing/ Republic periodThe larger bamboo cup imitating the shape of a oval rhinoceros horn cup, deeply undercut with two cranes forming part of the handle as they stand on the limbs of a pine tree that spread across both sides of the vessel (rim chip); the smaller agate container with thinly sectioned translucent walls carved in the shape of a peach, the reticulated branch handle topped by a single blossom and issuing its leafy twigs with further fruit and leaves in raised relief onto the side walls (tiny rim chip).4 3/4 and 3 1/4in (12 and 8.5cm) long