A CHINESE BAMBOO CARVED LIBATION CUP

17TH/18TH CENTURY

Carved in relief with a gnarled flowering prunus branch emerging from the base and extending towards the flaring rim, 12.5cm dia.

Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part II, pp.254-5, no.69 for related examples; see also R Keverne, Bamboo and Wood Carvings of China and the East, p.53, no.195.