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A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO ‘LOTUS POND’
BRUSH POT
LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The brush pot is deeply carved with a continuous scene depicting
a lotus pond, with tall stalks of lotus flowers, large leaves and reeds
rising from the base of the brush pot, a crab resting on a lotus leaf
and an egret feeding in the water. The details of flora and fauna are
naturalistically rendered.
6 ¡ in. (16.2 cm.) high, box
HK$150,000-240,000 US$20,000-31,000
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