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     A FINELY CARVED BAMBOO ROOT ‘PINE’
     WATER POT

     KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

     The water pot is finely carved with gnarled pine branches
     bearing pine needle clusters growing from below and beside an
     irregularly-shaped bowl, two branches extending to its interior.
     The underside is carved reserving the nodules of the bamboo root.
     3 ƒ in. (9 cm.) long, box

     HK$240,000-350,000  US$32,000-45,000

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