Carved rhinoceros horn in the shape of a figure riding raft, You Tong (1662-1722), Qing dynasty (1644-1911)-China Archive

Image Number: C1G000011N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Carvings
Function: Stationery, stationery, furnishings
Material: Animal/horn/rhinoceros horn
Description:
The utensil is in the shape of a long tenon, and the figures are hollowed out and embossed. A reed is carved above the branches behind the figures; The characters have clear eyebrows and eyes, right hand holding Ruyi, long sleeved robe, long beard and chest; The flowers on the branches are plum blossoms or peonies; A lotus with a large lotus leaf extends from the crotch to the mouth edge; Under the crotch, near the bottom, there are relief wave patterns. The outer wall at the end of the crotch is embossed with a seal character in Yang script: “Come to China again, and you will be better”, and a two character seal character in Yang script is next to it. The seal is loose. On the inner wall of the Cha, a seven character poem written in regular script by the Emperor Qianlong is engraved in shallow shade: “Zhao Zhu was lucky to visit Wen’s family, and I still met you here when I carved a cup; the river source is in the world, and the envoys of the Han Dynasty falsely told the story of the Star Han Cha.” The regular script money is engraved in shallow Yin: “Qianlong Renyin Imperial Inscription”, and the round seal of Qiangua and the square seal of “Long” are engraved in the lower part. Renyin was the 47th year of Qianlong’s reign (1782). This poem is also included in Qing Gao Zong Yu