A CHINESE BAMBOO RETICULATED ‘SIXTEEN SONS’ PARFUMIER, XIANGTONG

A CHINESE BAMBOO RETICULATED ‘SIXTEEN SONS’ PARFUMIER, XIANGTONG
KANGXI 1662-1722

Carved in relief and openwork with a joyful scene of four concubines and sixteen boys, all within a dense landscape of gnarled pine and rockwork, the mouth and foot rim mounted with buffalo horn, 18.8cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

This subject is derived from the Shang dynasty story of Jiang Ziya, the senior military counsellor who famously appointed sixteen good generals.

清康熙 竹雕四妃十六子香筒
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。