A BAMBOO CARVING OF A PEACH BRANCH QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

well-carved in the round with a thick branch issuing two peaches, the larger fruit on the bottom surrounded by curling leaves and a small bat, the bamboo of brown color, Japanese box (2)

Selections from the Lutz Bamboo Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver, 1979, p. 29, no. 19.
Mikimoto Exhibition, Tokyo, 1987, no. 10.

There are scattered insect bores throughout. Two of the projecting leaves have been reglued. There is a crack at the think stem connecting the small peach. Small 5/8 inch missing section near the bat. Nice, deep patina.
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