A CHINESE BAMBOO 'SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE' PARFUMIER, XIANGTONG

A CHINESE BAMBOO 'SEVEN SAGES OF THE BAMBOO GROVE' PARFUMIER, XIANGTONG
17TH/18TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body carved with seven scholars in a bamboo grove and beneath a pine tree, two of which play weiqi, another plays the qin whilst three others observe and a seventh is reading, with two attendants preparing tea, the mouth and footrim with horn mounts, 22cm.

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 72.

Cf. Ip Yee and Laurence Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, p.317, pl.91. for a related bamboo parfumier depicting the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove.


十七/十八世紀 竹雕竹林七賢香薰
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。