AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BAMBOO ARCHAISTIC VESSEL, DING

AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BAMBOO ARCHAISTIC VESSEL, DING
QIANLONG 1736-95

Raised on four ruyi-shaped legs, the quatre lobed body carved in low relief with panels containing pairs of confronting kuifeng beneath a key-fret band, and flanked by a pair of curved handles, 14.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent. Formerly on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Grice loan number 9.

Cf. Ip Yee and Laurence CS Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, pp.420-421, for a related archaistic tripod incense burner from the collection of Dr Ip Yee.

清乾隆 竹雕夔鳳紋雙耳爐
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。本拍品曾於倫敦維多利亞及阿爾伯特博物館展出，編號9。