A Chinese bamboo libation cup carved and pierced as a trunk section of a blossoming prunus tree -- 2½in. (6.4cm) high; another carved and pierced as a trunk section of a pine tree -- 3 1/8in. (7.9cm) high; and a bamboo brushpot carved in low relief with cranes beside rockwork beneath bamboo, the reverse with a tortoise -- 6in. (15.2cm) high. (3)