[Rhinoceros horn carved pine tree cup]
Rhinoceros horn carved pine tree cup, late Ming Dynasty, height 6.1 cm, caliber 10.1 × 7.5 cm
The cup is made of Asian rhinoceros horn. It is oval, with the mouth out, and the shape is like an inverted cliff. The technique of combining carving and relief is adopted, and the picture is composed in a landscape style. The pine stump is used as the cup body, and the natural gutter and ground hillock of rhinoceros horn is used to carve the pine trunk as the handle on the side of the cup. The pine scales are mottled. And a branch of pine is carved on the ground of the cup wall. It is old and simple, and the pine leaves are like a wheel. This cup is simple in shape, exquisite in carving, delicate and smooth in knife technique, natural and vivid in decoration, and is a masterpiece of rhinoceros horn products.
![图片[1]-Rhinoceros horn carved pine tree cup-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Bamboo and wood tooth gourd/18493[1024].jpg)
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