The Robert H. Blumenfield Collection of Chinese Bamboo Carvings

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Lot 3033
  • 3033

A BAMBOO 'CRAB AND LOTUS' WRISTREST QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description

  • bamboo (bambuseae)
of cylindrical-segment form, the convex side carved with lotus pads and a lotus blossom issuing from a stream, one lotus pad incised with veining radiating from a central stamen, the other with a meticulously picked out crab resting atop it, the bamboo with a reddish-brown patina

Provenance

Nicholas Grindley Ltd., London.

Catalogue Note

Another bamboo wristrest carved with lotus and crabs, preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings. The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 40. Compare also an example sold in these rooms, 17th May 1989, lot 365.