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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
2950
A FINELY CARVED AND PIERCED BAMBOO
‘MYTHICAL BEASTS’ CYLINDRICAL INCENSE
HOLDER
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The sides are deeply carved and pierced with a dragon above a lion
with a finely detailed curly mane, each mythical beast is carved
with its sinuous body encircling the holder, all reserved on a
ground of delicately scrolling foliage. The upper and lower edges
are carved with bands of wan symbols.
7 ¬ in. (19.3 cm.) high overall, box
HK$150,000-200,000 US$20,000-26,000

The carving on the present piece is exceptionally fluid and
detailed. Compared to a number of related incense holders
dating to the late Ming dynasty, including those published in
Simon Kwan, Ming and Qing Bamboo, Hong Kong, 2000, pp.
172-179, nos. 13, 14, and 15.
Compare the present lot to an incense holder from the
collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Hawthorn carved with a very
similar motif but with the addition of multiple mythical beasts
sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 3 December 2008, lot 2330.
Another example dated to late Ming carved with two chilong
is in the Wang Shixiang Collection and illustrated by Wang
Shixiang and Wan-go Weng, Bamboo Carving of China, New
York, 1983, p. 26, figs. 12 and 12a.

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