Carving

7556

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number 7556
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Qing Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made Qing Dynasty - 1890
Section Asian
Materials Rhinoceros Horn
Technique Carved
Iconography Squirrels | Flowers | Fruit
Description

Large carved rhinoceros horn. Deeply cut floral and fruit elements with squirrels at different points. Blackened in some areas; lip scalloped. Broken at one point and repaired.

Length 60.5 cm
Depth 28 cm
Outside Diameter 21.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Francis C. Macauley and Joseph T. Macauley, 1890

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