Rhinoceros horn carved dragon handle grape cup

[Rhinoceros horn carved grape-grained cup with dragon handle]

Rhinoceros horn carved grape-grained cup with dragon handle, 8.9 cm in height, 17.1 cm in diameter and 4.3 cm in foot diameter
The cup is carved into a curly grape leaf with rhinoceros horn. The inner wall is carved with leaf veins, the outer wall is carved with grapes and branches and leaves, and the fruit is full. The cup ears are carved into vines, and a dragon is mounted on the top, and the head is put straight into the cup. The body of the cup is carved with grape branches and leaves, which stretch to the bottom of the cup to form the bottom foot
This device adopts shallow carving, hollowing and other techniques. The knife technique is rough and powerful, the pattern is simple and simple, and the design is ingenious, revealing the flavor of the times