Dehua type white porcelain libation cup designed as rhinoceros horn with moulded decoration of stag, two fantasy monsters, phoenix and blooming plum branches.

China, Kangxi Period (1662-1722)

Height : 8,5 cm (3-1/3 in.) - Width : 14 cm (5-1/2 in.).

Chip and loss on plum tree branch. Minor chips on edges.

For an identical object, consult Sotheby's, January 30, 1985, lot 39.

Bibliography :
- Ayers, J., China for the West I, 1978, p. 102, n° 72.

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