Rhinoceros Horn Figure of Bodhidharma | objects | Eskenazi Exhibition

Rhinoceros Horn Figure of Bodhidharma

Late Ming - early Qing dynasty, 17th or 18th century

Figures, as opposed to cups, carved in rhinoceros horn are exceptionally rare. Bodhidharma was the founder of Chan, or Zen, Buddhism.

Height: 10.4cm
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