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Lot 221

A CARVED BAMBOO 'FIGURATIVE SCENE' PARFUMIER
Kangxi

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A CARVED BAMBOO 'FIGURATIVE SCENE' PARFUMIER

Kangxi
Of cylindrical form, finely carved and pierced with a continuous scene of five figures walking in gardens, amidst pavilions, lush pine trees and rockworks, between key-fret borders, with horn terminals. 22.8cm (9in) high.

Footnotes

清康熙 竹雕西廂記圖香筒

Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 17 April 1980
Professor Blum, Geneva, Switzerland
Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Spink & Son Ltd., Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East, London, 1979, no.309

來源: 倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.,1980年4月17日
Blum教授,日內瓦,瑞士
倫敦古董商 Ben Janssens Oriental Art

展覽著錄: Spink & Son Ltd.,《Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East》,倫敦,1979年,編號309

The scene depicted in the present lot is possibly from The Romance of the West Chamber 西廂記. The young monk Fa Cong was leading the way of Zhang Junrui through the garden. Zhang was curious and peeked inside. There, he saw Cui Yingying, the daughter of Prime Minister Cui, singing with her maid Hongniang in a pavilion. Despite Fa Cong's warnings, Zhang Junrui entered the garden to greet Yingying.

See a related carved bamboo 'figurative scene' parfumier, 17th century, illustrated by Ip Yee, Chinese Bamboo Carving: Part II, Hong Kong, 1978, no.76, p.263. Compare with a related carved bamboo parfumier, Qing dynasty, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2016, lot 3391.

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