Lot 298
  • 298

A CARVED BAMBOO FIGURE OF SHOULAO 17TH CENTURY

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

portrayed sitting on a gnarled rock, his face with a broad smile and content expression, with a characteristic tall bulging forehead and bald scalp, holding a sprig of lingzhi fungus in his right hand, with eight boys playing and clambering over him and around his sides, the wood yellowish-brown in tone 

Literature

Editha Leppich, Bambus in Kunst + Kunstgewerbe, Ostasiatischer Kunstverlag, pp.73-75.