The bamboo of a rich mid brown colour expertly engraved with a celestial scene. The rest comes from an old collection, some of which was shown in London in 1999 by the eminent dealer Jan van Beers.

A very similar rest, almost certainly by the same hand, is published in the exhibition catalogue “Bamboo & Wood Carvings of China and the East” Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1979.

10.1/2 inches (26.6 cm) long. Fine undamaged condition with just some very light signs of use.

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