Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 99
A Chinese bamboo bitong late 18th century
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £2200
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Description
A Chinese bamboo bitong late 18th century, carved in deep relief with figures in an extensive mountainous landscape, with pagodas and pavilions, bamboo groves and other trees, all beneath a band of cloud scrolls to the rim, 17.5cm.
Cf. I Yee & L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, part I, pp.286-7 for a similar example.