Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 113
A SMALL CHINESE BAMBOO LIBATION CUP 17TH CENTURY Carved as a section of tree trunk
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000
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Description
A SMALL CHINESE BAMBOO LIBATION CUP
17TH CENTURY
Carved as a section of tree trunk, the exterior with a gnarled blossoming prunus branch extending from the rim, 7.8cm.
Cf. L C S Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, pp.254-55 for a closely related example.