A rare small rhinoceros horn 'Vishnu' bowl


Nepal, 18th centuryOf peach-stone shape raised on a short shallow foot and plain flat base, carved in relief to the rounded end of the interior with an image of Vishnu with hands raised and seated on a ledge, the horn of a dark-chocolate tone. 6cm (2 3/8in) long
|尼泊爾 十八世紀 犀角毗濕奴像小盃Provenance: an important European private collection來源： 重要歐洲私人收藏Compare a related rhinoceros horn bowl, of similar shape carved with an image of Vishnu to the interior, illustrated by J.Chapman in The Art of Rhinoceros Horn Carving in China, London, 1999, p.274, pl.395.