A SUPERBLY CARVED RETICULATED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
A SUPERBLY CARVED RETICULATED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The parfumier is exquisitely carved in various levels of relief and in openwork to depict the Eight Immortals and three Star Gods led by Shoulao seated on the back of a crane descending from the right through billowing clouds to attend the Queen Mother of the West, Xiwangmu's birthday banquet. Xiwangmu is shown descending from the left on the back of a phoenix accompanied by her attendant on the back of a dragon to a gathering of sages and attendants bearing gifts and auspicious objects, all within the celestial setting of the Kunlun Shan. The mountainous landscape is strewn with bamboo groves, pine trees and wutong emerging from rocky outcrops and waterfalls cascading among the cliffs. The zitan base is carved with four boys at play alternating with Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls raised on four ruyi feet, the pierced zitan cover carved in relief with a pair of confronting dragons emerging form ruyi clouds. The cylinder, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, stand and cover
A SUPERBLY CARVED RETICULATED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
A SUPERBLY CARVED RETICULATED BAMBOO CYLINDRICAL PARFUMIER QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY The parfumier is exquisitely carved in various levels of relief and in openwork to depict the Eight Immortals and three Star Gods led by Shoulao seated on the back of a crane descending from the right through billowing clouds to attend the Queen Mother of the West, Xiwangmu's birthday banquet. Xiwangmu is shown descending from the left on the back of a phoenix accompanied by her attendant on the back of a dragon to a gathering of sages and attendants bearing gifts and auspicious objects, all within the celestial setting of the Kunlun Shan. The mountainous landscape is strewn with bamboo groves, pine trees and wutong emerging from rocky outcrops and waterfalls cascading among the cliffs. The zitan base is carved with four boys at play alternating with Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls raised on four ruyi feet, the pierced zitan cover carved in relief with a pair of confronting dragons emerging form ruyi clouds. The cylinder, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high, stand and cover
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