Lot Essay
Compare with the rare tripod box from the collection of Ch'ing-hua Ku, illustrated by Laurence C.S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, no.63, p.249
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A CARVED BAMBOO TRIPOD, COVER AND STAND, the legs pierced, carved with three rectangular panels containing kui dragons around the centre and a key-fret band below the rim with two concave handles, the cover fashioned after a lotus leaf, the stand with a central whorl (minor rim chips),
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A CARVED BAMBOO TRIPOD, COVER AND STAND, the legs pierced, carved with three rectangular panels containing kui dragons around the centre and a key-fret band below the rim with two concave handles, the cover fashioned after a lotus leaf, the stand with a central whorl (minor rim chips),
18th Century
10.7cm. high
18th Century
10.7cm. high