A BAMBOO CARVING OF IMMORTALS IN A LOG BOAT

LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A BAMBOO CARVING OF IMMORTALS IN A LOG BOAT
LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY
The hollow section of bamboo root carved as a gathering of immortals and scholars including some of the Eight Immortals and attendants, as well as four scholars studying a scroll, all amidst fruiting and blossoming openwork peach branches some of which form a canopy over the center of the boat, with two monkeys stealing peaches near the front on one side
12 in. (30.5 cm.) long, wood stand

拍品專文

Compare the similar carving of immortals in a peach-tree log boat from the Simon Kwan Collection included in the exhibition, Ming and Qing Bamboo, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 372-3, no. 113, where it is dated Jiaqing to Daoguang (1796-1850).