A buffalo horn libation cup


Probably Qing DynastyThe elaborately carved dark-honey-coloured horn in the shape of an archaic bronze vessel with six powerful and lively chilongs clambering around the rim and the exterior, the strap handle with a stylised dragon head looking outwards on the rim of the mouth and the tail curling and splitting into two parts with a dragon flat on the handle, the body with a band of six dragons with long writhing bodies, a keyfret pattern running along the foot and the rim. 14cm (5 1/2in) high.
|或清 角雕仿古螭龍紋盃Provenance: a distinguished European private collection來源：顯貴歐洲私人收藏Compare with a related buffalo horn 'scholar and attendant' libation cup, 17th century, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 135.