Carving
Object Number:
7556
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Chinese
Provenience:
China
Period:
Qing Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made:
Qing-1890
Early Date:
1644
Late Date:
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.
Credit Line:
Gift of Francis C. Macauley and Joseph R. Macauley
Current & Past Exhibitions:
What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1959 - 31 Dec 1959)
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