A large bamboo-carving with Xiwangmu on a trunk-float
Lot-No. 824
China, 19th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Carved bamboo. Large sculptural carving in the shape of a tusk. Depiction of Xiwangmu, the Queenmother of the West, on a rustic float in the shape of an overbranching tree. Next to her lotus, chrysanthemum and the peach of immortality, which grows in her garden in the Kunlun mountains. L. 44 cm.
A large bamboo-carving with Xiwangmu on a trunk-float
A large bamboo-carving with Xiwangmu on a trunk-float
Lot-No. 824
China, 19th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Carved bamboo. Large sculptural carving in the shape of a tusk. Depiction of Xiwangmu, the Queenmother of the West, on a rustic float in the shape of an overbranching tree. Next to her lotus, chrysanthemum and the peach of immortality, which grows in her garden in the Kunlun mountains. L. 44 cm.