A FINE CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG

A FINE CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO BRUSHPOT, BITONG
18TH CENTURY

Elegantly carved in the form of a section of a pine tree, naturalistically depicted with burrs, whorls and scalps on the bark, the exterior carved in high relief and openwork with gnarled knotted branches issuing clusters of pine needles, 10.8cm.

Cf. I Yee and L Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, part II, Hong Kong Museum of Art, pp.190-191, for a related bamboo brushpot. See also Sotheby’s London, 4th November 2009, lot 179, for a closely related example.

十八世紀 竹雕蒼松紋筆筒