AN UNUSUALLY LARGE BURLWOOD SCROLL-POT
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Of cylindrical form, the thick undecorated sides formed from a single block of burlwood, the wood stippled with tightly knotted burl patterning, the base fitted with a plug
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) diam.
Lot Essay
A smaller example (19 cm. high) is illustrated by H. Moss, Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Hong Kong, 1986, p. 228, no. 214.
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