Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 92
A small Chinese bamboo bitong 18th/19th century
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A small Chinese bamboo bitong 18th/19th century, the cylindrical body raised on three short feet, finely carved in shallow relief with figures in a pagoda beneath a pine tree, with craggy rocks and further figures in a bamboo grove beyond, the reverse with two phrases of a poem by Yang Wan Li, 11.7cm.