Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 86
A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO INCENSE HOLDER 18TH/19TH CENTURY The cylindrical body carved in relief...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2800
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Description
A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO INCENSE HOLDER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The cylindrical body carved in relief and pierced with scholars, attendants and ladies in a rocky landscape, with a gnarled pine tree growing from behind a boulder, the large stone signed Fan Bin, each end with a later removable wood cover, 17.8cm. (3)
Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2010, lot 1973 for a comparable reticulated bamboo incense holder also signed Fan Bin; see also Spink & Son Ltd, Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, p.78, no.313 for another related piece with similar decoration.