A LACQUERED ROOTWOOD SCROLL POT
A LACQUERED ROOTWOOD SCROLL POT

17TH-18TH CENTURY

Details
A LACQUERED ROOTWOOD SCROLL POT
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The scroll pot is carved from a large section of hollowed elm root with large gnarled protrusions, and has an inset base of elm, all covered in a rich red lacquer.
11 ¼ in. (28.6 cm.) diam.
Provenance
James Tigerman Gallery, Chicago.
Literature
S. Little, Spirit Stones of China, the Ian and Susan Wilson Collection of Chinese Stones, Paintings, and Related Scholars' Objects, Chicago, 1999, no. 60.

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