A CHINESE BAMBOO VENEER BITONG

QING DYNASTY

Carved in shallow relief with figures in a village in a mountainous landscape and crossing a bridge over a brook, signed Zhang Wen You to the side and with a four character phrase qing quan liu xiang describing the scene, 14.5cm.

Cf. L C S Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I pp.86-87, nos.16 and 17 for two similar bitongs in the Smithsonian Institute, Washington.