Period:Unknown Production date:19thC
Materials:rhinoceros horn
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal bird fungus fruit immortal daoism
Dimensions:Diameter: 20 centimetres Length: 67 centimetres Width: 19 centimetres
Description:
Rhinoceros horn carved in openwork with figures depicting Daoist concerns; monkeys with peaches, cranes and immortals, also the sacred mushroom or lingzhi fungus. With wooden stand.
IMG
![图片[1]-ornament; stand BM-1998-0430.1-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_1998_0430_1.jpg)
Comments:Rhinoceros horns were connected with aphrodisiacs in China, and very many of them had Daoist connotations.
Materials:rhinoceros horn
Technique:carved
Subjects:mammal bird fungus fruit immortal daoism
Dimensions:Diameter: 20 centimetres Length: 67 centimetres Width: 19 centimetres
Description:
Rhinoceros horn carved in openwork with figures depicting Daoist concerns; monkeys with peaches, cranes and immortals, also the sacred mushroom or lingzhi fungus. With wooden stand.
IMG
Comments:Rhinoceros horns were connected with aphrodisiacs in China, and very many of them had Daoist connotations.
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