A CARVED BAMBOO 'LANDSCAPE' CUP
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
carved around the exterior in varying depths of relief with a continuous landscape scene, depicting two scholars on horseback traveling side by side on a narrow mountain path, surrounded by craggy cliffs with overhanging trees and a stream running from the mountain top to the base ending in a swirl, the surface patinated to a warm brown color
Height 3 1/2 in., 9 cm
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Wang Qinglu, Zhongguo mincang wenwu jianshang congshu. Wenfang jiya [Private collections in China. Treasures for the scholar's desk], Beijing, 2007, pl. 53.