Lot Essay
Rui Song appears to be a signature, possibly of the carver or owner.
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18TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL CARVED BAMBOO TEA SCOOP
18TH CENTURY
One side carved as a large finger citron borne on a leafy branch, one leaf carved with the characters, Rui Song, the plain, slightly concave reverse showing the amber-colored skin
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
18TH CENTURY
One side carved as a large finger citron borne on a leafy branch, one leaf carved with the characters, Rui Song, the plain, slightly concave reverse showing the amber-colored skin
5 in. (12.7 cm.) long
Provenance
R. Soame Jenyns Collection.
Spink & Son Ltd., London.
Spink & Son Ltd., London.
Exhibited
London, Spink & Son Ltd., Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, 14 - 29 November 1979, p. 73, no. 295.