19TH CENTURY

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A LARGE BAMBOO CARVING OF A MOUNTAIN
19TH CENTURY
Well carved around the sides with a gathering of scholars in a mountainous landscape, some seen traveling by horseback on mountain paths while others are already gathered in pavilions nestled amidst the trees, one of the buildings an open-sided stable where the heads of horses can be seen in a row, and near the top on one side a group of scholars is seen outside the entryway in a stone wall surrounding a pavilion with tiled roofs
12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high

來源

Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 19 November 1986, lot 311.

拍品專文

A related example of a bamboo mountain carved with immortals, scholars and attendants at various pursuits in the Kunlun mountains, formerly in the collection of the Pacific Asia Museum, was sold in these rooms, 20 September 2002, lot 147. Intricately carved bamboo mountains of this type are similar in their quality of carving and choice of motifs to those carved from jade.