A SMALL WELL-CARVED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER

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A SMALL WELL-CARVED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER
18TH CENTURY

The sides carved and pierced with a dense scene of many figures at various pursuits in a forest setting, ivory mounts--4 1/4in. (10.8cm.) long

Lot Essay

A similar perfume holder in the collection of Miss Chum Ching-chi was included in the exhibition of Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1978, illustrated by Yee and Tam, Catalogue, no. 95