A BAMBOO TREE-TRUNK LIBATION CUP

17TH/18TH CENTURY

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A BAMBOO TREE-TRUNK LIBATION CUP
17th/18th century
Well carved and undercut with a pair of deer beneath the spreading branches of a pine tree that extend around the sides
5½in. (14cm.) long

Lot Essay

Compare the bamboo cup of similar size similarly carved with deer and pine boughs and dated Kangxi in the Simon Kwan Collection included in the exhibition, Ming and Qing Bamboo, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 8 April-30 July 2000, pp. 260-1, no. 5.

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