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A lArgE BAmBoo mountAin CArVing
19th century
Deeply carved with a continuous scene of
gentlemen and scholars gathered on craggy
mountain paths and seated in pavilions
nestling amongst densely scattered pine.
32.5cm (12.3/4in) high.
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY28,000 - 47,000 HK$35,000 - 59,000
The Property of a Gentleman.
Reputedly purchased by the vendor’s great-
grandfather at auction some time prior to
WWII, and thence by descent.
For a similar mountain carving dated Qing
Dynasty in the Denver Art Museum see Ip Yee,
Chinese Bamboo Carving - Part I, Hong Kong
Art Museum 1979, p 532, no. 196. For another
comparably large carving dated 19th century
see Christie’s New York 17/09/08 lot 123.

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