In the elongated ovoid "rhinoceros horn" form
with fourteen lobes, and having a soft milky glaze;
one side cast with a deer beneath pine branches,
the other with a chilong beneath a four-clawed dragon emerging from clouds
and a prunus spray, three branches cast three-dimensionally at each end

The rhinoceros-horn 'form' porcelain blanc de chine cups,
(these known today as "libation cups")
was believed by the Chinese to carry to the drinker
some of the magical and medicinal powers of the rhinoceros horn .

Dehua Porcelain :
A unique characteristic of Dehua porcelain (from the Ming period forward)
is the addition of a very small amount of iron oxide,
allowing the glaze to fire to a warm white or pale ivory color,
The glaze is traditionally referred to as "ivory white" and "milk white",
its color is quite different from the Imperial porcelain of Jingdezhen.

Condition : A small nick to one side of the rim; a glaze flake on the rim to the other side;
glaze chip to footrim

2.25" High / 4" Long / 3" Wide (measurements at top rim)

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17th Century Blanc de Chine Libation Cup, Late Ming / Early Kangxi, c1640-1670 

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