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PROPERTY FROM THE T.Y. CHAO FAMILY COLLECTION 十七世紀 竹根雕仙家乘槎
A SUPERBLY CARVED BAMBOO-ROOT LOG 來源：
RAFT
葉義醫生收藏
17TH CENTURY
香港蘇富比1984年11月19日，編號517
the large noded root in horizontal orientation, deftly carved in
high relief and openwork with overhanging pine trees forming
the canopy of the raft, the gnarled boughs with scaly bark and
extending to slenderer twigs issuing clusters of needle-shaped
leaves, carved on one side with two crouching boys on the
front and rear ends steering the boat with their paddles, the
three star gods appreciating a scroll with a yinyang symbol,
two rams and the Hehe twins, the reverse similarly depicting
two further boys paddling the raft, a pair of cranes beside
Dongfang Shuo carrying a peach, and three other female
immortals, the bamboo attractively patinated to a golden
reddish-brown tone accented with rows of burls on the
underside
30 cm, 11⅞ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Dr Ip Yee.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19th November 1984, lot 517.

HK$ 120,000-180,000
US$ 15,400-23,100
See a similar bamboo-root raft, carved in the round with the
Eight Immortals, but attributed to the 18th century, in the Lutz
Bamboo collection and published by Wang Shixiang and Wan-
go Weng, Bamboo Carving of China, New York, 1983, pl. 77,
sold in our New York rooms, 18th March 2008, Lot 52.

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