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A bamboo seal-paste box and cover
Ming dynasty
The box naturalistically carved in the form of a tree trunk, depicted with
gnarled branches issuing lush pine tree leaves, the cover with two small
furry squirrels climbing upwards meeting at the top.
10.6cm wide. (2).
HK$100,000 - 150,000
US$13,000 - 19,000
明 竹雕松樹印盒
Seal-paste boxes and covers decorated and worked with pine trees
and squirrels in relief as exhibited by the current lot, are often closely
attributed to the late Ming dynasty master carver Zhu Sansong. Compare
a very similar carved bamboo seal paste box and cover with Zhu Sansong
mark, illustrated in Gems of the Beijing Cultural Relics Series. Works of
Decorative Arts I, Beijing, 1997, p.112, no.77.

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