A RARE PALMWOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A RARE PALMWOOD BRUSHPOT, BITONG
17th/18th Century
Of cylindrical shape with a wide, thick, slightly upward tilting mouth, formed from an unusually large single piece of palmwood, the wood densely stippled on the exterior with characteristic grain patterning becoming dense vertical stripes in the interior
8 3/8in. (21.5cm.) high, 9¼in. (23.5cm.) diam.