- 3046
A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO 'GOURD AND VINES' CARVING QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 HKD
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Description
- bamoo (bambuseae)
meticulously carved in the round as a gourd with leaves, curling tendrils and two further smaller melons issuing from a meandering stem, the gourd oriented sideways and divided into spaced segments by furrows, the patina of a warm variegated brown colour
Provenance
Gerard Hawthorn Ltd.，倫敦
Exhibited
《Oriental Works of Art》，Gerard Hawthorn Ltd.，倫敦，2000年，編號95
Catalogue Note
可作比較的竹圓雕葡萄例子，參見葉義、譚志成著，《中國竹刻藝術》，上冊，香港，1978年，彩圖41。