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DONGXI STUDIO
                                                                                                                                                                                              PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE BELGIAN
                                                                                                                                                                                              COLLECTION

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                                                                                                                                           A CARVED BAMBOO ‘PRUNUS TREE-
                                                                                                                                           TRUNK’ CUP

                                                                                                                                                     18TH CENTURY

                                                                                                                    The large section of bamboo is well carved
                                                                                                                    in high relief as a gnarled section of a prunus
                                                                                                                    tree trunk undercut at one end with a
                                                                                                                    fowering and budding branch that forms the
                                                                                                                    handle and extends around the sides.
                                                                                                                       5¬ in. (14.3 cm.) wide
                                                                                                                       $4,000-6,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        PROVENANCE

                                                                                                                       Nicole De Bisscop, 25 June 1995.

                                                                                                                                           清十八世紀 竹雕梅樁式盃

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