A BAMBOO INCENSE CYLINDER, carved in crisp shallow relief and pierced with numerous scholars and attendants, one playing the qin, in a forest setting of pine and bamboo with craggy rocks,

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A BAMBOO INCENSE CYLINDER, carved in crisp shallow relief and pierced with numerous scholars and attendants, one playing the qin, in a forest setting of pine and bamboo with craggy rocks,

18th Century
20.5cm. long

Lot Essay

A very similar cylinder, but one of a pair and signed by the artist, formerly in the Dr. Ip Yee collection, was exhibited at the O.C.S., Hong Kong, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Catalogue, no.233

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