A CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Of cylindrical form, carved to one side with a scene from the tale of the Red Cliff, depicting scholars sitting and drinking tea in a sampan as two men row the boat under pine trees through a rocky landscape, with a slightly concave rim, all raised on three short feet, 17cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in 1948.