A SMALL FINELY CARVED BAMBOO LINGZHI-FORM CUP
A SMALL FINELY CARVED BAMBOO LINGZHI-FORM CUP

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A SMALL FINELY CARVED BAMBOO LINGZHI-FORM CUP
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Very finely carved as a large head of lingzhi fungus, with smaller heads of fungus carved in high relief and undercut around the sides, all borne on a common branching stem that forms the openwork base, the end of the stem carved with a seal, Cheng
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide, wood stand

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A similar circular seal with the character Cheng appears on a carved bamboo box and cover in the shape of a double gourd, illustrated by Ip Yee and Laurence C.S. Tam in Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pp. 438-9, where the box is dated to the 18th century.

The character Cheng is probably a reference to the famous bamboo carver Pu Zhongqian, who was also known as Pu Cheng. Pu was born in 1582 and was active during the early 17th century. According to Shixiang Wang and Wan-go Weng, Bamboo Carving of China, New York, 1983, p. 87, all extant works bearing Pu Cheng's name are disputable, and his work is only known through literary accounts.