A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE CHENGXIANGMU DRAGON AND PHOENIX LIBATION CUPS

LATE MING/EARLY QING DYNASTY

Each boldly carved, one with a pair of dragons amidst cloud scrolls, the other with two phoenix perched upon flowering peony branches, 8.3cm. (2)

Cf. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, p.22, no.21, for a related example.

Provenance: an English private collection, Wiltshire.