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A CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief on the thick body with a scene of three scholars playing chess and a scene of equestrians on horseback, set in a mountainous landscape with pine trees and rockwork, all below billowing clouds, the patina of honey tone, the base recessed (age cracks infilled)
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Carved in high relief on the thick body with a scene of three scholars playing chess and a scene of equestrians on horseback, set in a mountainous landscape with pine trees and rockwork, all below billowing clouds, the patina of honey tone, the base recessed (age cracks infilled)
5 1/2 in. (14 cm.) high