Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 170
A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF DONGFANG SHUO 18TH CENTURY Standing
Estimate £6,000 - £8,000
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Description
A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVING OF DONGFANG SHUO
18TH CENTURY
Standing, wearing flowing robes and holding a fruiting peach stem in his right hand, his features and beard finely carved, the wood with a warm patina, 12.5cm.
Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, pp.284-5, no.95 for a related example; see also C Clunas, Chinese Carving, p.56, fig.61 for an example in the Victoria and Albert Museum.