17th centuryOf tall and well-hollowed flared form, carved in high relief with two gnarled pine trees, their branches forming the handle and extending over the rim carved with crags, flanked to one side by a sage seated with legs crossed cooling in a flowing stream below the overhanging pine and by a wutong tree, gazing in the distance at the rocky outcrops covered with vine tendrils, the other side with an attendant carrying a bundle beside a bridge over a swirling stream flowing from the base, the horn of amber-brown tone. 14cm (5 1/2in) high