Lot Essay
The liuqing (retaining the green) technique, incorporating the skin of the bamboo in the carving, achieved a gradation of tone hitherto only found in paintings
17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A SMALL LIUQING BAMBOO BRUSHPOT
17th/18th century
Finely carved and detailed around the vertical sides with a continuous scene of mountains and streams, trees and pavilion, nestled in valleys and on the river front, supported on three bracket feet, age cracks
4¾in. (12cm.) high
17th/18th century
Finely carved and detailed around the vertical sides with a continuous scene of mountains and streams, trees and pavilion, nestled in valleys and on the river front, supported on three bracket feet, age cracks
4¾in. (12cm.) high