Lot 1703
  • 1703

A BURLWOOD ROOT SCULPTURE QING DYNASTY

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 HKD
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Description

the knotted root hollowed on one side and set with a long bent twig, together with an ink painting on paper by the Master of the Water, Pine and Stone Retreat, with one seal of the artist

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong, 1980.

Exhibited

Arts from the Scholar's Studio, Fung Ping Shan Museum, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1986, cat. no. 274. 

Condition

The overall condition is very good. The twig section has a 2.5 cm split which has been stabilized with some glue, but has not been broken off.
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