Asian Art I - 12th November 2014
Lot 171
A Chinese bamboo model of a pleasure boat 19th century
Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £2500
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Description
A Chinese bamboo model of a pleasure boat 19th century, carved with small groups of adults and children on the deck, playing musical instruments, rowing and conversing, the canopy formed from a large gnarled pine, a monkey and a phoenix perched in its branches above, 29cm.
Provenance: formerly in a private European collection.