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A CHINESE CARVED BAMBOO INCENSE A RARE CHINESE TIXI LACQUER TREFOIL DISH
HOLDER DATED 1574
18 /19 CENTURY The shallow body deeply carved to the front with scrollwork, with the same design to the
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The cylindrical body carved in relief and pierced with exterior, the patterns finely outlined in red, the base incised jiaxu Liu Rui zao meaning ‘made by
scholars, attendants and ladies in a rocky landscape, Liu Rui in the jiaxu year’ corresponding to 1574, with four old paper labels to the base, 17.6cm.
with a gnarled pine tree growing from behind a boulder, £5,000-7,000
the large stone signed Fan Bin, each end with a later
removable wood cover, 17.8cm. (3) Provenance: purchased in Japan between 1922 and 1923 by the Swedish Rear Admiral Sten
£2,000-3,000 Ankarcrona (1861-1936) and thence by descent.
Cf. Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8th April 2010, lot 1973 for a 明萬曆 烏面剔犀卷草紋盤
comparable reticulated bamboo incense holder also signed 銘文：甲戌劉瑞造。
Fan Bin; see also Spink & Son Ltd, Bamboo & Wood Carvings
of China and the East, p.78, no.313 for another related piece 來源：1922-1923年期間由Sten Ankarcrona（1861-1936）購於日本。
with similar decoration.
清 范邠款竹雕高士圖香筒
《范邠》款

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