Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 56
A CHINESE BAMBOO 'PRUNUS' LIBATION CUP EARLY QING DYNASTY With a tapered body carved with gnarled...
Estimate £3,000 - £4,000 | Hammer £6000
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Description
A CHINESE BAMBOO 'PRUNUS' LIBATION CUP
EARLY QING DYNASTY
With a tapered body carved with gnarled flowering prunus branches in high relief, 14cm.
Cf. I Yee and L C S Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Part II, p.254, no.69 for a similar cup.