
A Dehua libation cup
17th century
The cup is of rhinoceros-horn form and applied on one side with a group of three tigers below a dragon emerging from ruyi-shaped clouds, and on the other side with a qilin looking up at a flying crane and a stylised bird. The narrow sides are decorated with crested waves below overhanging rocks. The rich creamy glaze is of ivory tone, the recessed base partly glazed.
7.5 cm high
Provenance:
Purchased from S Marchant & Son, 1994
Formerly in the collection of Robert Suermont
Published:
S. Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Blanc de Chine, London, 1994, pl. 84