清十七 / 十八世紀 竹雕鏤空「仕女嬰戲」圖香薰

of cylindrical section set at each end with stained horn rims and dark wood plugs, deftly reticulated with court ladies and children at play among gnarly pines, one standing near an altar table next to a boy riding on a hobby horse pretending to be an official with attendants, another leaning on a tree trunk observing a group holding a wicker box and a pipe, while two others are seated on rocky promontories surrounded by attendants, either clutching a fan, filling wine cups from a barrel or carrying a wrapped qin, the bamboo richly patinated to a warm reddish-brown colour

The incense holder is in very good condition with expected surface wear and minor nicks along the rim edges.
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