Rhinoceros horn carved dragon cup

[Rhinoceros horn carved dragon cup]

Rhinoceros horn carved dragon cup, clear, 12.8 cm high, 14 caliber × 8.1 cm, foot pitch 8.2 × 7.5 cm
The cup imitates the ancient bronze cup. The author sawed the tip of the rhinoceros horn and divided it into three legs, which were heated to make it skim. The mouth of the cup is long and oval, with both ends upwarped, and the rim is engraved with thunder patterns. The outer wall is decorated with chrysanthemum brocade, and three dragons are carved on the cup. One tail is divided into two forks, and the head is bowed and raised. The cup handle is carved on the right side. On both sides of the front and back, there is a embossed dragon with a glossy ganoderma in its mouth. It climbs towards the mouth of the cup. The glossy ganoderma protrudes from the mouth of the cup to form two hollow ears facing the sky. There is also a small embossed dragon swimming up in the mouth of the cup
This cup is a masterpiece of rhinoceros horn antique utensils. It is ingenious in design, novel in shape, lively and vivid in decoration, quite ancient and unconventional



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