The Robert H. Blumenfield Collection of Chinese Bamboo Carvings

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Lot 3046
  • 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., London.

Exhibited

Oriental Works of Art, Gerard Hawthorn Ltd., London, 2000, cat. no. 95.

Catalogue Note

This exquisite and realistically carved ornament is one of a select group of high quality ornaments or 'playthings' conceived for handling or to adorn a scholar's desk. For another, see a carved bamboo 'grapes' group illustrated by Ip Yee and Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, colour pl. 41.