A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG 18TH/19TH CENTURY The cylindrical body carved in relief with Mi Le Buddha...

A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body carved in relief with Mi Le Buddha reclining on a sack and a pile of books, holding a crayfish in one hand and a string of beads in the other, with an inscription to the reverse, all raised on three short feet, 15.3cm.

Provenance: from an Australian private collection, formed in the 1980s and 1990s.