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A SMALL BAMBOO CARVING OF TWO BOYS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Well carved as two laughing boys, probably the Hehe Erxian, one standing and gesturing, the other holding a flat circular basket containing tortoises, both similarly dressed in belted tunics over short trousers, their hair in double topknots, joined at the base by a single bat, polished in areas to an attractive reddish-brown tone (minor chips)
3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, box
17TH/18TH CENTURY
Well carved as two laughing boys, probably the Hehe Erxian, one standing and gesturing, the other holding a flat circular basket containing tortoises, both similarly dressed in belted tunics over short trousers, their hair in double topknots, joined at the base by a single bat, polished in areas to an attractive reddish-brown tone (minor chips)
3 1/8in. (8cm.) high, box