a large carved full-tip rhinoceros horn libation cup Qing dynasty, 19th century

the openwork carving depicting a cornucopia of lotus, grapes, chrysanthemum and lingzhi fungus among a web of stalks and leaves, elegantly culminating in the mouth carved as a lotus leaf to the interior and exterior, the horn of a golden-amber tone, with a wood stand carved with a tiger battling three figures against lingzhi, trees and rockwork (2)

There is a diamond-shape restuck piece on the mouth rim 3 inches wide; a semi-circular restuck piece to the opposite side of the rim 1 1/2 inches wide; and another diamond-shape restuck piece 2 inches wide. The interior has approximately 20 small circular patches, the exterior of the mouth with around a dozen, presumably to fill in insect bores. Some minor stalks appear to have been restuck.
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For examples of rhinoceros horn full-tip libation cups carved with the bowl as a lotus leaf, see a pair sold in our London rooms, 4th May 1984, lot 279; another in these rooms, 24th March 1998, lot 399; and a pair sold at Christie's London, 6th June 2000, lot 127.