A SMALL BAMBOO CARVING OF A DRUMMER

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A SMALL BAMBOO CARVING OF A DRUMMER
18TH CENTURY

The corpulent figure striding forward dressed in long-sleeved robes gathered at the waist and holding a circular drum and striker at his left shoulder, with bald head and smiling face; together with a small bamboo double-peach carving, realistically carved as a cluster of two fruit joined by a gnarled, leafy branch (chips)
2¾in. (7cm.) high and 2in. (5cm.) across, boxes (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the small carved bamboo figure of a luohan holding a lion cub, which shares the same sensibility as the drummer, included in the exhibition, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, Hong Kong, l982, Catalogue, no. 95. For another small bamboo carving of fruit, this time melons, see the example included in the exhibition, Chinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI, Adolf of Sweden, Asia Society, 1966, Catalogue, no. 132