犀角屬於名貴藥材，性寒，具有清熱解毒之功效。《神農本草經》“主百毒蟲註，久服輕身”，“犀角出南郡，上價八千，中三千，下壹千”。以犀角雕刻成工藝品久已有之，據文獻記載，經唐宋不斷發展，至明進入盛期。明末至康雍乾盛世二百年間是中國犀角雕刻的黃金時代，創造出大量精美的犀角雕刻藝術品，是明清工藝美術品重要的組成部分之壹。

        Rhino horn is a precious medicinal material, it is cold and has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying. "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" "The main hundred poisonous insects note, long-wearing light body", "Rhino angle out of the South County, the price of eight thousand, three thousand, one thousand." It has been carved into a handicraft for a long time. According to the literature, it has been continuously developed through the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the 200 years from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the reign of Emperor Kangxi, it was the golden age of Chinese rhinoceros carving, creating a large number of exquisite rhinoceros carving works, which is one of the important components of Ming and Qing arts and crafts.