18TH CENTURY

细节

A SMALL BOXWOOD VASE
18TH CENTURY
Possibly meant for holding incense tools, well carved as a section of the trunk of a prunus tree with a flowering branch extending from the mouth rim down the knotted sides, with a slender and hollowed stalk of bamboo growing to one side, with warm dark amber patina
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high

注意事项

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拍品专文

The fine workmanship in the carving of this vase can also be seen in a boxwood brushpot or vase carved as five stems of bamboo and a prunus branch in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by E.S. Rawski and J. Rawson, eds., China: The Three Emperors, 1662 - 1975, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2005, p. 225, no. 135. The style of carving is very similar to the present lot, and it is dated early Qing dynasty and ascribed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing.