Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 59
A GOOD CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG EARLY QING DYNASTY Intricately carved in high relief and pierced...
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £9200
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A GOOD CHINESE BAMBOO BITONG
EARLY QING DYNASTY
Intricately carved in high relief and pierced with figures drinking tea, playing a flute and engaged in daily life amidst sampans beneath rocks from which pine trees and maples grow, the slightly tapering cylindrical body raised on three stump feet, 15.7cm.
Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, p.210-211 for a related brushpot.