Rhinoceros horn carved cup with three friends of old and old

[Rhinoceros horn carving cup with the design of “Three Friends of the Year”]

Rhinoceros horn carving cup with the design of “Three Friends of the Year”, bright, 10 cm high, 13.8 caliber × 9.3 cm
The cup is carved from African rhinoceros horn, light brown, open. The main body of the vessel is a magnolia flower with a slightly raised flower center, and the mouth is embossed into five petal-shaped flowers along the inner wall, with one petal as the flow, with beautiful and smooth lines. Carved a dense scaly, chapped and gally knot, a sinuous and strong pine trunk and a bamboo trunk intersect into a pair and extend into the mouth of the cup. The interior of the mouth is embossed with a plum flower and flower bud, which is very unique. The outer wall is carved with pine, bamboo and plum patterns with relief and carving techniques, and the feet are circled with plum tree trunks. Pines, bamboos and plums are still tall and upright when thousands of trees are falling, which is a metaphor for people’s high character and auspicious meaning. They are called “three friends of the year and the cold”. Crafts with the theme of “three friends of the old and the poor” are not uncommon and are loved by scholars and scholars. The carving technique is skilled, the shape is beautiful and simple, and the knife work is fluent.

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