A BOXWOOD 'TREE-TRUNK' WASHER QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of irregular outline, with straight sides terminating in a slightly everted foliate rim, the exterior carved with two costumed opera characters in relief and a pair of magpies perched on a flowering prunus bough, all against a gnarled, uneven surface naturalistically rendered to imitate the rough texture of a tree trunk

China 2000, New York, 2013.