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A BAMBOO INCENSE HOLDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

The tall cylindrical container carved in openwork with three elderly scholars in conversation, standing under pine trees and attended by a boy servant, the bamboo of a rich reddish-brown tone, supported on a stand with four scroll feet
8 in. (20.2 cm.) high
Literature
Spink and Son, Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, 1979, no. 316

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