A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO INCENSE HOLDER

18TH/19TH CENTURY

The cylindrical body carved in relief and pierced with scholars, attendants and ladies in a rocky landscape, with a gnarled pine tree growing from behind a boulder, the large stone signed Fan Bin, each end with a later removable wood cover, 17.8cm. (3)

Cf. Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8th April 2010, lot 1973 for a comparable reticulated bamboo incense holder also signed Fan Bin; see also Spink & Son Ltd, Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, p.78, no.313 for another related piece with similar decoration.