AN UNUSUAL CARVED AND RETICULATED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT

AN UNUSUAL CARVED AND RETICULATED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
QING DYNASTY, 17TH/18TH CENTURY

Finely carved in various levels of relief and in operwork to depict scholars at leisure variously engaged in discussion in a tree-strewn rocky landscape setting, all supported on three integral low tab feet, inscribed to one side with a two-character signature Zhong Qian
5 15/16 in. (15 cm.) high, box